My story: Bought a beat up Eagle Claw glass spinning rod. The rod is 2 piece, length 6'11' .It was missing some of its eyes and was so dirty that the cork & Eagle Claw emblem were black. I took off the guides, which were shot, and trashed them. Cleaned up the blank & handle to where it really looks good. Despite working on the blank I can still detect the placement of the old guides. Guess the blank has suffered fading through the years. From the marks on the blank I can tell it had 5 guides not counting the tip top.

I want to rewrap the rod to use and while I want it to look good I am not concerned with restoration to the original specifications which brings up my question.

Question: According to the guide spacing chart at Mudhole there should be 7 quides while the original appears to have been equiped with 5. If you were wrapping would you go for 5 or 7 guides or??

Thanks

Tim