Does anyone have a spinning guide layout that uses the butt guide, single transition guide, and then fly running guides, that they like for med-lite or medium spinning rods? I have dialed it in for smaller reels in the ultra-lite to lite powers, but not there on the next power up rods.

My lite set up looks like this: size 16 M style, size 10 SV style, size 6 fly's. The 16 ring is just a little small for the 8# mono to me.

Thanks - Marc

Keep it simple - that's all I can handle!

Just use the Microwave guide sets, pretty much what you have described

Ron Weber

Tried them - they are OK, but not what I was looking for.

Thanks - Marc

Keep it simple - that's all I can handle!

Go down 14 posts and looked at 'M style spinning guide layouts'. This should help.

Marc,

What size reel do you have in mind for this rod?

If the height of the 16M is fine, try a 20 Y frame, followed by a 10 Y frame and then your running guides.

Otherwise, try a 20M or 25Y and a 12Y or 12 SV and then your running guides. Note, it's tough to get the single reduction guide to work with these sizes without bringing the choker/first running guide back to somewhere in the neighborhood of 40"-42" give or take a bit, which is usually a little inside of what the 27x technique calls for.

Joe

Joe,

Using a size 30 Pfleuger. Tried the 20 Y frame and it's just a little off, tried the 20 M today and it just whistled! Used two transition guides though - 12 SV and 08 SV, then size 6 fly's. Guess I'll just stick with the two transition guides. It's not that much more weight.

The 20 Y was promising when measured, but the 20 M just really did the trick, and seems nice with both braid and mono.

Thanks!

Thanks - Marc

Keep it simple - that's all I can handle!

Glad it worked out, and I'm glad I could help.

Test cast the rod and maybe go up or down with the guide sizes to get the best performance

Bill - willierods.com

I've done it with KLH and Alps Y guides, works fine. Just keep the same basic layout requirements satisfied as you would for 4 size layouts.