lobos 69

I would be remiss if I did not agree with Alpster and suggest that you go to www.rodbuilding.com. Go there and ask Tom Kirkman if you can get a copy of the Sept/Oct 2000 RodMaker magazine. Or at least the article by Ralph O'Quinn titled Spiral Wrap For Casting Rods. This is a great article with photos, etc. If you are planning on doing this yourself, I would not leave home without it(:>) Regards, lobos69 P.S. Thank you Keith

Hello Bassripper, There are several reasons for this wrap. Cosmetics are not among them. This wrap goes back many years, but I will not go there for now. Line chafing is one of the main reasons but the most important reason, IMHO, is the problem with torsion. Regardless of the guides you choose to use, there will be a great amount of torsion in the last couple of feet of the tip area, with the guides on the top. When you put a load on the rod, the tip will try to turn. Many rods fail because of this when there is to much load or a sudden jerk on the rod. I know we all are very careful for this not to happen, but sometimes, well....(:>) The best I have found is to use a #16 SVSG type which is a high frame guide. All the rest will be NSGs after the first 4.( Or equivalent cheaper guides) I put the first guide at about 45 degrees to the left, the next(#12) at 90 degrees and a 10 and 8 to round out to the bottom. The first four will be double foot guides and the rest # 6 or #7. A light to Med. Bass rod I would use all #6s to the tip. The lower to the rod the better. Get yourself a 1/8" dowel or small rod tip and slide it right through them to be sure you have a nice straight line to the tip. Now this is only how I do it. I did not write this to get into a spitting contest with any other rod builders. Good luck with that. lobos69

Thanks a lot guys. I think I have it now. Spring is coming here in Central Maine later some time. May have the boat in the water by July the way things are going. Regards, Lobos 2

I want to use flutter hooks with large crawfish baits. I have same. How do I rig this combo?? I am not new to bass fishing but have not used these hooks before. Thank you lobos_69