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[Sebastes]

Howdy,
Lot's of good stuff on these forums, hope I can add to it.
My name is Chris, I live in Northern Cali, way north in Humboldt County. I live in an old fishing village that has canals coming off of everyones back yards that lead to the Humboldt Bay. Anyone in the area? I fish the jetties and rocky shores for Rockfish, Lingcod and my fav Cabezon. I recently got into kayak fishing (see the yak board for my other post).
You can find my website in my profile (I don't want to post the link cause I don't know if it would be considered advertising). I hope you visit it.
Thanks

[sansou]

Welcome to the board!

I've always wondered about the spiral wrapped rods. I got a chance to use one a few years ago at Mission Beach Jetty here in SD and I thought it worked great!

...but what are the advantages to it?

thanks,

sansou

[one_leg]

Welcome to the FNN message boards, Sebastes.

Do you prefer to fish the rough water, or calm seas.

One_Leg

[Sebastes]

Sansou,
The advantages to a spiral wrap are numerous. The most important is the lack of rod twist (torque). With a traditional casting rod the guides are on top. When a load is applied the line wants to get to the lowest point possible, like on a spinnin rod. Even though you can't see it happening, when preasure is being applied, it is creating torque or rod twist that can ultimately cause your rod to break.
one_leg,
I prefer calm waters, but my favorite is when the fish are biting.

[crivera175]

COOL PICTURE :thumb: WELCOME

[Wingnut]

Welcome, hope to see some successful posts from you soon! :wink:

[Troutman65]

Welcome to FNN

[Fisherman57]

Welcome to the board!


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[sansou]

Thanks for the reply Sebastes.

You got me re-thinking now on what I'm going to pair my little lefty Avet SX with....I thought I had the rod I wanted all figured out, but now I see this "spiral wrap" and now you got me thinking....

[Sebastes]

lol Right on man! The great thing about learning is, it never stops. Drop me a line if you want to talk about a custom, or I could re-wrap the guides.