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Don M · 12-23-2001, 09:29 AM

Bob Senior:
You can go directly to the Breahaway USA site and find out the guide spacing. Be sure to state if you wish spinning or conventional spacing and what you intend to use the rod for, as most of the Breakaway rods are setup conventional and used for longdistance casting tournaments. Nick Nickaway is the current world champion and will answer any of your questions or steer you in the right direction. Here is the link: http://www.breakawayusa.com/

My partner Charlie built one for himself, not sure if he did spinning or conventional. I will ask him and post back.

BTW we have done a few rods with the fuji new guide concept and the people that have used the rods love them(10 foot spinning rod has 13 guides), claim is 15 to 20% further casting distance. However, there are a couple of drawbacks.

1. You can not use for example, a Penn 704Z the spool diameter is too large. You need to use a small diameter skirted spool.

2. Line diameter and weight are also critical, 20 pound mono is about the heaviest you can use for optimal effectiveness.

Hope this helps,
Don M

12-23-2001, 09:29 AM	#10
Don M Official S-B Sponsor Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Stonington CT Posts: 236	Breakaway Bob Senior: You can go directly to the Breahaway USA site and find out the guide spacing. Be sure to state if you wish spinning or conventional spacing and what you intend to use the rod for, as most of the Breakaway rods are setup conventional and used for longdistance casting tournaments. Nick Nickaway is the current world champion and will answer any of your questions or steer you in the right direction. Here is the link: http://www.breakawayusa.com/ My partner Charlie built one for himself, not sure if he did spinning or conventional. I will ask him and post back. BTW we have done a few rods with the fuji new guide concept and the people that have used the rods love them(10 foot spinning rod has 13 guides), claim is 15 to 20% further casting distance. However, there are a couple of drawbacks. 1. You can not use for example, a Penn 704Z the spool diameter is too large. You need to use a small diameter skirted spool. 2. Line diameter and weight are also critical, 20 pound mono is about the heaviest you can use for optimal effectiveness. Hope this helps, Don M Last edited by Don M; 12-23-2001 at 09:32 AM..