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So by aligning the guides with the spine you can reduce the amount of torsional stress by keeping the load application point in a vertical plane close to the centroid.
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Or you can just spiral wrap it and eliminate this torque rather than reduce it. That's my point more than anything else.
Salt - that's not the reverse of my question, I never said not to spine them, just that the spine is overrated.
Chris - Casting - I agree, even fish fighting, to a degree, I agree. BUT, and here is my BIG butt (and my point) - if you are trying to build a stronger rod for fish fighting, you would be building a more effective tool spiral wrapping rather than with the spine on top. With all the emphasis people place on the spine being used as a fish fighting tool, I would think there'd be 100 times more emphasis on people spiral wrapping the rod for the same purpose.
Repeat of another post - tape guides on a conventional rod, spine up, static deflect, guide roll to teh bottom. Rather than the blank fighting the fish 100%, the blank is fighting keeping the line on top, your wrist is fighting the reel & rod to keep the line on top - rather than 100% of your & blanks effort fighting the fish.
You going to the National? Anyone going to the Rodcrafter's National for that matter?