Great Lakes Bass Fishing Forum
About Fishing Products including Make Your Own => Build Your Own Fishing Rods => Topic started by: fiker on March 01, 2021, 09:05:24 PM
These are before and after photos of one of my rods that I repaired. Its over 10 years old and the epoxy finish had cracked and yellowed.
While under repair I did a static test to double check guide placement.
What I found was that my $200 casting rod from a very reputable manufacturer had the guides placed so that the line slapped the blank in two places. This greatly affected performance.
I wondered why the line would sometimes wrap around the guides sometimes when I was pitching.
I turned the rod into a spiral (acid) wrap.
Now it looks better, casts easier and farther, and never has the line wrap around the guides.
Looks great. I built a couple Steelhead Rods back in the 80's. Fun hobby.