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numbskull · 03-17-2017, 03:49 PM

With KW guides you typically need to go 30-25-20-12 because the drop from the 30 -20 is too much (the guides end up too far apart).

Don't over focus on the "choke point". It is really an obsolete concept. The idea is to get the line tamed at the collector, transition down to the blank quickly and run it out the rod with small guides. A more current build (recommended by a bright rod builder on SOL...ZAFisher) using inexpensive guides might be KW30-KL20-KL12-choke KT8---kT 8's on out. This means you are using single foot guides out much of the rod (except for the collector) which will fish just fine but you need to take care in transport. The KL guides are higher than their KW counterparts. Or you can just go singles entirely and build a nice rod using KLH25-KLH12-KLM-8-KT8 choke and runners. The GPS software at anglersresource.net can help you with this.

03-17-2017, 03:49 PM	#7
numbskull Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: over the hill Posts: 6,682	With KW guides you typically need to go 30-25-20-12 because the drop from the 30 -20 is too much (the guides end up too far apart). Don't over focus on the "choke point". It is really an obsolete concept. The idea is to get the line tamed at the collector, transition down to the blank quickly and run it out the rod with small guides. A more current build (recommended by a bright rod builder on SOL...ZAFisher) using inexpensive guides might be KW30-KL20-KL12-choke KT8---kT 8's on out. This means you are using single foot guides out much of the rod (except for the collector) which will fish just fine but you need to take care in transport. The KL guides are higher than their KW counterparts. Or you can just go singles entirely and build a nice rod using KLH25-KLH12-KLM-8-KT8 choke and runners. The GPS software at anglersresource.net can help you with this.