At a fishing expo I saw rodbuilders using double-foot Minima guides on musky rods and they say it works really well. So I'm planning a MHF musky rod using #6 double-foot minimas as runners. Can someone suggest what size to use for the stripper to get the proper height to keep the line off the foregrip? Based on a chart in the catalog, there is a big difference between #16 and #20 height so I'm thinking that larger is better with a 1" diameter foregrip.

John Shear
Chippewa Falls, WI

Spinning rod or conventional rod?

The size of the butt guide really depends on where you locate it. Further out will require higher frame guide. Closer in and a lower frame guide may work.

These are things that custom builders can easily figure out with static stress distribution tests.

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There other suggestion that I would toss out to think about, is whether you will be using a round type reel that sits higher in the reel seat or a low-profile type reel that sits lower in the reel seat.

Bob McKamey
Mud Hole Custom Tackle
bobm@mudhole.com

You can check out successful commercial rods:
For example:

[stcroixrods.com]

Or:

[stcroixrods.com]

When you check out the guide train of the first rod, you see that the first guide is essentially a tall match guide.

On the other hand, the 2nd rod is using one of the current Fuji guide trains which have a much much shorter guide foot.

Examples of successful rods with dramatically different guide trains.

Best wishes.

Right Bob, I should have said low-profile casting. Isn't there someone who has built with double-foot minimas and could just tell me what guide height works well?

John Shear
Chippewa Falls, WI

I would think a 12 or a 16. I'd be tempted to try a 12 since there's no ring, But I'd order both. They should be fairly inexpensive.