now that I've found the natural curve of the rod sections, where do I wrap the guides, on the inside of the curve or outside?
now that I've found the natural curve of the rod sections, where do I wrap the guides, on the inside of the curve or outside?
Fritz,
It's a personal preference. If you put them on the "inside" of the spline, you'll get more power on your casting stroke. If you put them on the "outside" or the back of the spline, you'll have more power fighting a fish. I prefer them on the outside as I don't usually need to cast long distances. Best Regards.....
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I'm not sure you gain any perceivable power due to the curve of the blank. The significance of finding the spine has been blown way out of proportion, IMO. I'm not saying that about any person here, but in the rodbuilding community in general. If you think it makes a big difference, put a rod together with the sections offset and see if you can feel a difference when casting it. I'll bet in most cases you won't.
In any case, most casts have a backcast and a forecast, so again it doesn't really matter. Put them on in a way that is most aesthetically pleasing to you, and the rod will perform exactly as it is designed.
BTW, in most cases, I wrap on the inside, but have been known to wrap on the outside on rare occasion.
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interesting point about personal preference and maybe imperceptible differences when casting. When "looking" for the spine on one of my bamboo rods, i notice that one tip had the guides on the "weak" side and the other tip on the "stronger" side. In all I've never noticed a difference bewteen the two tips. Maybe others can try the same and get a concensus. thank alll
I wrapped rods on the spline, off the spline and not paying any attention to the spline whatsoever and I (at least) can find no difference.
Most rod manufacturers wrap rods for straight...not spline....so do I