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Bobb-o

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upnorth Grand Master

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If you are talking about a spiral wrap, it will have no real affect on casting. Just make sure you tape the first guide or two in place and put a reel the same or similar in the reel seat and make sure when you reel up you won't drag on the blank.

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Theoretically, the spiral wrap is more efficient for casting as long as you do the turn so that it doesn't cause drag on the blank. Once the line is on the bottom, the chance of drag on the blank is less than if the line is run on top of the blank. That along with stability are the reasons for the spiral wrap.

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Spine has no bearing on the performance of a rod. Once a rod has a load applied to it via line and through the guides, the rod will flex towards that load regardless of spine orientation.

Though your statement is "only somewhat" true, being inline with the spine increases accuracy and casting distance.

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I have been at some rod building get togethers where they tested that and the rod tip did in fact role when incorrectly aligned. It is one of the reasons tips will break loose; they are being torqued when out of sync with the blank. Folks like Don Morton also suggest that it will throw the line off on the cast because of the misalignment. Don has been building rods for a very long time and has worked on the physics of the condition. The gatherings I have attended have been at the St. Croix rod factory in Wisc. I certainly don't claim to be an expert whatsoever, but I have learned quite a bit from folks like Don and tend to believe their expertise.

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Rodbldr-I have been there also and they are great events.

pure-I guess we may have to agree to disagree on this one. Building on the straightest axis is far more important to accuracy and distance than spine orientation from what I have garnered in my 10+ years of rod building...

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Regarding spine, I'm in your camp bemidjibasser. I also build only on the straightest axis. A rod will cast and fish just fine no matter where the spine is oriented. The level arm effect of the guides always trumps any spine effect.

If anyone wants the bare facts regarding spine pick up the last issue of Rod Maker magazine, Volume 13 #6. There's an excellent article by Tom Kirkman titled What About Rod "Spine?"

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upnorth Grand Master

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I am staying out of this one grin I check the spine(which on a good blank will be in align with the straightest axis) but still build in the straightest axis. I don't see having the guides out of align off to one side a good bet.

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Rodbldr-I have been there also and they are great events.

pure-I guess we may have to agree to disagree on this one. Building on the straightest axis is far more important to accuracy and distance than spine orientation from what I have garnered in my 10+ years of rod building...

I agree. Spine affecting casting accuracy is a myth. Those that say it does have not tested it, they just think it.

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