Your guide sizes are way to large, look at the guide sizes used on a Sage rod, there guide sizes are a big reason for the performance and feel of their rods. You're looking at what I put on my steelhead/salmon rods on your little rod.
Looking at some of the references here I'm wondering why the wire guides start out bigger than the stripper and your half way down the rod before the guide sizes are smaller than the stripper's ID.