Hey everyone i was wondering where i could find a good rod with the revolving guides.  who makes any?

OK Pitt Bass,

Have you been drinking too much Lemon Blend?

Or, have I been eating too much Virginia ham because I have never heard about revolving guides.

What are they and how do they work?

Thanks.

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You know, convert from casting to spinning in a matter of seconds. ;D ;D

I think he is talking about recoil guides.  The only ones I have heard that have them are a certain Loomis line.  There could be more out there.  I don't know???

I think he means spiral wrapped. As far as I know you can only get them custom made. Reelmech can do this.

Ronnie

Gary Klein Model: Eight feet of complete control when flipping into heavy cover. Revolving guides prevent the line from ever coming into contact with the rod blank. And the parabolic bend is perfect for the braided line fisherman.

The spiral around is what i am talking about and i seen them and was think bout getting one. and it said it on the website so i wasnt for sure what it was called and the picture doesent show the eyes of the rod.

Thanks for you help.

Yup that is the only spiral wrapped rod Quantum® puts out. I have not seen it so I don't know what style of spiral they used, O-Quinn, Revolver, Simple, etc.

Tight Lines!!  

do these theories apply to spinning also?

Megabass Crank bait rod.  $375.

do these theories apply to spinning also?

Spinning rods already have the guides on the bottom of the rod.

Ronnnie

OK.  I thought the spiral wrap was more about laying the eyes on the spline (for a truer, better braced flex) than position of the reel.

I sure wish everyone here with a question on rod splines would do a search on the RBO board. You will find (2000 pages) on the subject, that the splineing of a rod isn't as important as it has been made out to be. In fact many of the old timers are calling a rod spline and the importance of the spline a myth.

I have built two 3C70MHF blanks (spiraled), one I splined, and one had a bend so I wrapped with the bend down (did not spline). They both cast the same, and have the same backbone and stability that I would expect from a spiral wrap.

So as a person who is hard to convince, I am starting to think that all of the talk lately on the RBO board isn't just talk. The spline of a rod blank is just as said, "it's an effect created by several manufacturing anomalies". The result is that the rod blank will favor bending along a particular axis when load is applied. But is not a necessity to find.

Just my .02¢

Tight Lines All!

You might want to check out www.texassidewinderrods.com.  Kit makes good rods and stands behind them 100%.

I think the photo redline posted looks like a $500 rod built by a guy on crack.

I may be wrong.