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I posted this recently on another fishing website, but I wanted to get some input from the float tube guys..
I noticed that the better quality "name brand" spinning rods have more line guides on them than the cheaper, less expensive rods do. It seems to me that for a spinning rod where line comes off a spinning reel spool in coils or loops, the guides would slow down the line going through them during the cast, due to the line rubbing on them (friction). I would think that the more guides that the line has to go through and touch, the slower the line will go from the reel and make for a shorter cast. I understand that you need a certain amount of guides for a proper bend while fighting a fish, but some of those rods have like 9 or 10 guides on a 6 or 7 foot rod. I usually put 7 guides plus a tip on a 6 foot spinning rod blank with the first one a large diameter "gathering" guide. As for conventional baitcasting type rods, you can put on as many guides as you want because the line comes off the reel in a straight line while casting, not coils to hit the guides.. I think the "name brand" companies put extra guides on spinning rods to make them look better and to charge more.. what are your thoughts on this? Any rod wrappers out there that want to weigh in?...
I noticed that the better quality "name brand" spinning rods have more line guides on them than the cheaper, less expensive rods do. It seems to me that for a spinning rod where line comes off a spinning reel spool in coils or loops, the guides would slow down the line going through them during the cast, due to the line rubbing on them (friction). I would think that the more guides that the line has to go through and touch, the slower the line will go from the reel and make for a shorter cast. I understand that you need a certain amount of guides for a proper bend while fighting a fish, but some of those rods have like 9 or 10 guides on a 6 or 7 foot rod. I usually put 7 guides plus a tip on a 6 foot spinning rod blank with the first one a large diameter "gathering" guide. As for conventional baitcasting type rods, you can put on as many guides as you want because the line comes off the reel in a straight line while casting, not coils to hit the guides.. I think the "name brand" companies put extra guides on spinning rods to make them look better and to charge more.. what are your thoughts on this? Any rod wrappers out there that want to weigh in?...
