Hey guys so my next build is going to be a 7ft squarebill crankbait rod. I was thinking that I would use a double footed 8mm butt guide and then use 4.5mm guides for the rest of the rod. I was concerned that I may need more sizes to ease the transition from 8 to 4.5, do I?

edit: I was thinking, if I use a locking wrap, is there a need for the butt guide to be a double foot? Do you ever build a rod that has only single foot guides?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/17/2014 12:14AM by Cameron Johnson.

Hello Cameron, we use single foot for the full train all the time, even for 10XD rods. Check out the MicroWave casting set, it will be perfect for what you are doing. Have fun

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Don @ American Tackle Wrote:
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> Hello Cameron, we use single foot for the full
> train all the time, even for 10XD rods. Check out
> the MicroWave casting set, it will be perfect for
> what you are doing. Have fun


Awesome thank you! Would you change the sizes that I was thinking about going with? I will have to look at them! Thanks!

Hey guys I am still trying to figure out the sizes I should order. I am wondering if I need to order one more size guide for a transition guide? I would just try it myself but I do not have any suppliers around here and I have to order everything online. How should I actually go about finding the correct size of a butt guide? thanks!

Mr. Johnson -

On casting rods, the guides seem to be more forgiving than on spinning rods. You could go micros, size 4 all the way to the tip and not need another guide, though you may have to push out your butt guide further. Don was referencing this set of guides which are great guides. [www.americantackle.us]. The set he is talking about is at the bottom of the page of the link.

Jeremy Reed
Reed Rods

That makes a lot of sense thank you! I do really like that set of guides!

Thanks Jeremy... Sorry I was not able to get back to you sooner Cameron. Jeremy is right with the set, no need to worry about sizes the set has been tuned for best performance. If you want to run standard guides on a rod like this with the 8 and 4's, I would personally add a 6 in between but it is not absolutely necessary.

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Its all good no worries! Thanks!