I assume that by intermediate wraps, you mean to place wraps
(with no guides) between the guides, so that the line will
come in contact more with the wraps, and less with the rod?
A curious concept.
Big J
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/03/03 09:57AM >>>
Rene,
The position or number of guides won't affect the
stiffness of the
rod very much, if at all, unless you go to the extremes of
putting a whole
bunch of guides on the rod. What you are doing by
adjusting the distance
and number of guides on the rod is keeping the line
approximately the same
distance from the rod, so that you can cast the line
better. This happens
when you get the optimal position and number of guides by
keeping the line
from slapping the rod. You may be able to affect the
action of the rod by
putting intermediate wraps on the rod, this effectively
increases the
diameter of the rod section at the point of the wrap. You
might need to
experiment with number of intermediates and their spacing.
Mark
At 11:47 AM 10/3/2003, you wrote:
>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
