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Old 03-27-2011, 03:42 PM   #17
Mike P
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Originally Posted by Adam_777 View Post
Does the new lowrider guides do anything for conventional casting or are spinning setups the only ones benefiting from it ?
It's pretty much a spinning set-up, because of the difference in the way that the line comes off the two types of reels---in looped coils on a spinning reel, as opposed to a direct line (more or less) on a conventional. Conventional rods that have the guides spaced correctly are in effect "low rider" set-ups to start with. The days when guys thought that having only 4 guides on a 10' or 11' conventional added to distance due to "reduced guide friction" have pretty much gone the way of the days when people thought that the earth was flat.

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