First time building a 7'2" boat rod for spinning reel. This is a jigging rod mainly targets for Ling Cod, Rock Fish, Halibut, small size Tuna and Albacore. The reel size is between 6000 and 8000. Briaded line size is 50# First stripping guide is size 40 (Fuji MN) and about 21" from the face of the reel. Then followed by 30, 25, 20, 16, 10, 10 10. Total 8 guides. Distant from the face of the reel to the tip is about 64.24". I did a static test, size 40 had better clearance than size 30. Am I in the right track?

Yep, 8 running guides and tip may also work, have no idea about knots if you go with a leader.

Hi Spencer,

Thanks for the reply. I will be using FG knots with 30# leader. I don't think it will be an issue.

Regards,

Johnny



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/03/2021 02:21PM by Johnny Tan.

Tape up MN40 MN25 MN16 MN10's.
Should work just as well
Total 8 guides: 8 + tip top or does the 8 incl the tip top? Just wondering.

Pity this forum does not accomodated images within posts, would make it so much easier to explain visually

If it's strictly a jigging rod you can downsize the guides and the reduction layout quite a bit. What clearance are you worried about? Depending on who the rod is for and how it will be used/handled I'd be tempted to go single foot running guides and keep it as sensitive as possible.

HI Brandon,

It is 8 guides plus tips. I will try that combination. Thanks for your help.

Hi Dan,

Using size 30 with size 6000/8000 real, when the line rotate to the outer edge of the reel, the line forced to have sharp angle through the ring. But with size 40, the line flow much better through the ring and create less friction. This is the first time I building a boat rod using spinning reel. For conventional reel, I can go with size 20 Fuji MN guide or one size smaller as the stripping guide.