Stripping guides, and in particular the first or butt guide, act like a funnel. When shooting line, a small guide will restrict distance.
A large guide will allow the line outside of the tip top to pull the line through the guides more efficently.
Jack is right about using the larger guides although they may look out of place.
You may want to try something inbetween.

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I never lost a little fish
yes, I'm free to say
It always was the biggest fish
I caught that got away
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