Thanks for the info on reduction trains Charles. I think one thing that got confused on this thread is the reel size. The Stella is a 30000, not a 3000. On the two reels I'll be using 130# and 150# braid. The lures will be between 110g to 190g. Drag will likely be in the 35lb range (don't think I can hold much more on an 8ft rod). The spool lip diameter on a TRQS 9 is 3.15". On the St
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Mark, Consider me a deck hand which is why I started this thread. Good to hear that you've been pleased with your reverse butt guide rods. I'm not going to try it on the GT blanks but did get a killer @#$%& deal for some torzite RVs from Singapore. Will give it a go on a steelhead blank I'm building up. If it works well I won't know if it was the torzite rings or the RV - I'll just be happy.
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Thanks Tom Typically I set the butt guide in the range recommended by Dale Clemens from his Advanced Custom Rod Building Book (this rod builder's bible) and I've never experienced line slap. But with Fuji making such a fuss about their reverse torzite guides, and then seeing reverse butt guides on Yamaga GT rods I figured I was missing something; after all, Dale's bible is pretty old. But than
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Tom, I'm not experiencing line slap, was just wondering why an expensive Japanese GT rod reversed the first two butt guides. But now that you've brought up line slap and butt guide spacing, would slap come from the butt guide being too close to the reel or too far? I'm always learning.
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Mark, thanks for identifying the non RV guides used for reverse mounting. The KWs have too much slant to reverse, the inquiry was as much to see if the reverse stripper made it stronger or if it was to prevent slap. Sounds like it is slap so I'll go with the big KW. You dropped a zero on the reel. It's 30000 which is the biggest Stella, probably one size too big for slinging big poppers &
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I have a couple GT blanks to build up for my 1st venture at GT fishing next year: a Phenix Magalodon MPX800H (poppers) and a Bushido BP86400 (stickbaits). For guides I was planning on using a Fuji KWSG 50, Am.Tackle Virtus NIRLVH 40, 25, 20...12. Looking thru rod catalogs I see a lot of rods where the 1st & 2nd guides are reversed but they don't appear to be Fuji reverse guides. I need som
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Last spring I lost a 12 ft sturgeon on the Snake. After 45 minutes it got in the shallows, the 130 lb braid touched a rock and that was that. Had a great guide but what's the point of 130 lb braid when the reel is only capable of 17 lbs of drag at best. So I've decided to build a rod just for big sturgeon on the Snake with a matching reel. I'm sold on 130 lb braid, but can't find a blank with
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