Hi Rene,
As others have already pointed out, the stiffness of the rod is primarily
determined by the blank. Wraps and double wraps may affect it some,
depending on how many and how long. The only other way to affect the
stiffness is pretty drastic. Since most blanks today have the majority of
their flex in the tip section ("fast-action"), you can cut the rod back from
the tip (I did say it was drastic). The more you cut off, the greater the
stiffness. However, this is NOT recommended for the casual rod builder - it
is very easy to ruin a good blank. It is much better to buy a blank that is
already at or close-to the stiffness you want.
Jim C.-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rene Zillmann Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 8:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [VFB] Rod building question List and rod-builders, question sounds crazy but let's see what it steeres up. You know, I'm in the process of building a new rod. I've already the blank. I want to build the rod as stiff as possible. Is there a dependency between the positioning and the number of guides to the stiffness of the finished rod? Or depends the stiffness of the rod from the blank only? I can imagine that the distance between the guides would modify the finished rod's action a bit. Any knowledge ot there about this? BTW: The Rhines level is rising slowly. Hope I can return to fishing the Rhine in some weeks! Rene in Germany
