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guide spacing on 5 6 weight 8 1/2 foot fly rod
Posted by: Dale Cecil (---.pns.bellsouth.net)
Date: July 27, 2001 09:28AM

Need some help!

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Re: guide spacing on 5 6 weight 8 1/2 foot fly rod
Posted by: Tom Kirkman (---.dialinx.net)
Date: July 27, 2001 09:31AM

Dale,

The optimum spacing can only be determined by your particular blank's taper, your handle length, etc. You need to perform a static stress distribution test. Please use the search function on this site to find that information. I believe we had a lengthy thread on that very subject within the past 3 weeks. There are also many rod building books that contain good information on how to do this.

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Re: guide spacing on 5 6 weight 8 1/2 foot fly rod
Posted by: William (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: July 27, 2001 09:18PM

You can go to most any of the blank maker's web sites and pull off some of the generic spacing measurements. I agree with Tom though, your own static test will give you better results but will require a bit more of your time.

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