Arra 1322 with low rider guides

[Adam_777]

Does the new lowrider guides do anything for conventional casting or are spinning setups the only ones benefiting from it ?

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Adam_777

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.

[numbskull]

There is, however, a "new concept" way to set up conventional guides. The fuji site shows this, basically a triangle from either side of the reel to your choke guide, and the guides closer to the reel are widths to accommodate this triangle. Given the length of surf rods, it has little practical effect.

The current trend in freshwater musky size conventional stuff seems to be acid wrap then run micro guides which weigh almost nothing. Seems to me it would hurt casting distance to twist the line under the rod, but guys claim it does not. Either way, I've never felt torque while fighting a fish was any kind of problem with surf sized stuff, let alone a musky rod, so I've not bothered to try an acid wrap. Would make sense for bottom fishing, however.