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Back Beach · 07-24-2009, 12:00 PM

I did have a bunch of issues with the first guide at 36", so I took all the lowriders(20-16-12) off and put bmnag's (40-25-16) in their place. Pretty sure it(lowrider setup) was a design flaw on my part. The rod cast real well, but during a couple eel fishing trips I had multiple wind knots, something I had never experienced before. Next time I will lay the rod out with the first guide at 40" and see what happens. For now I need something fool proof as I hate cutting line off and re-rigging while my partner is bailing big dogfish.

07-24-2009, 12:00 PM	#24
Back Beach Respect your elvers iTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: franklin ma Posts: 3,368	Update on my 1205 w/lowriders I did have a bunch of issues with the first guide at 36", so I took all the lowriders(20-16-12) off and put bmnag's (40-25-16) in their place. Pretty sure it(lowrider setup) was a design flaw on my part. The rod cast real well, but during a couple eel fishing trips I had multiple wind knots, something I had never experienced before. Next time I will lay the rod out with the first guide at 40" and see what happens. For now I need something fool proof as I hate cutting line off and re-rigging while my partner is bailing big dogfish.
	It's not the bait At the end of your line It's the fishing hole Where all the fish is blind