"Charlie Wilson" wrote:

"rw" wrote:
I've only built one rod, and I was fanatical about determining the
guide
spacings and measuring them as accurately as I could. I felt kind of
silly, though, because it seemed like I could do as good a job by
just
"eyeballing" it. So here's a question for experienced rod builders:
Is
getting the exact recommended guide spacings really that important?

You'll find out how important it is if you ever try to get a
warranty
replacement and the customer service guys spot any amount of variance.
I
don't think small variances will lower the performance or lessen the
life
expectancy of a rod, but I know for a fact some manufacturers will use
it as
an excuse to disallow a claim.


I have 3 Sage RPLX 9'8wt 2 piece rods that I built from blanks. We've
broken several times and returned them to Sage for replacement blanks.
I've spaced then in the standard Sage arrangement, and also in G
Loomis's configuration which uses the same number of guides but has 3
on the butt section instead of 2. No comment or complaint from Sage.

In my experience, the good companies don't look for excuses to disallow
a claim. Who was it that disallowed one?

Chas
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