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Old 03-29-2002, 05:42 PM   #1
Rich R
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Question Conventional Rod Building

I'm building a heavy stick for bouncing lead between the bridges in Niantic and in the breachways. It's a stout 9' Sabre blank marked "E900 - 9 B" and it'll be matched with an Ambassadeur 7500C3.

My question is on average, how far up the blank is reasonable for the first guide? When I built my Sabre 1088 the first guide was 28" from the reel. This isn't for any casting contests so I'm not sure if a little line slap would be a problem. I figured on using 6 guides but could add another and reposition to close the gap. Right now I have about 34" between reel and guide.
First time I've built a specialized rod to be used for only certain places. Thanks in advance for any and all responses.
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