Steve,

I've also been very happy with the dorber products I've received to date.

What I found most interesting, dorber recommends a stripper, 7 guides and of course a tip top. I was hesitant to use that many guides on a 5' rod, but both blanks I rolled preformed well. Their philosophy is that line friction across the guides is minimal, what they want to do is eliminate any sagging between guides to maximize shooting line.