Rene One thing to consider is the position of the guides in relation to the spine of the rod. If you mount the guides on the spine or directly opposite the spine it will be slightly stiffer than if you mount the guides at 90 degree's to the spine. I believe if you place to many guides or put intermediate wraps this will add weight that will actually soften the rod's action. Be careful on the type of rod varnish you use to coat the wraps, some one coat products go on quite heavy and add weight. Also some epoxy rod varnishes are very heavy. This added weight is like over lining the rod. As was mentioned by one of the other VFBers you can cut back the rods tip but this is risky because you can ruin the rod if you cut it back to much. Just my 2 cents worth Regards Mel ----- Original Message ----- From: Rene Zillmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 8:47 AM 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 >
