Spiral wrap conventional rod

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by SeaWolf

all "conventional rods" will torque. this is due to the line forced to stay on top of the blank due to the guides on top, whereas the line wants to be at the lowest point on the rod, the bottom. depending on how stiff or heavy powered of a blank you have, you may or may not notice it. with a spiral rod setup, you could hold the rod on the fore grip (top) and rear grip (btm) with open palms as pressure is applied to the line going thru the guides and the rod will stay upright - reel on top. sometimes, there is some line leveling issues depending on the method built, but if you are leveling w/ your hand it's not noticed.

all rods i build now for jigging or bottom fishing utilitze spiraled guide layouts.

several people built FW rods spiraled w/o problems. many have built surfcasting rods spiraled and love them.

so, it's not a gimmick. fish one and then find out why they work.

Got any pics of 10' surf rods you've done? Would be cool to see one spiral wrapped.