Don't laugh, but have you just clamped on a spinning reel w/ braid and tried casting it??? Yes, it is splined wrong & so forth, BUT it works much better than you would think! For me, my conventionals have longer butts on them then spinners. So the handle is a few inches longer than I like.
Look at the lay out of these newer rods running little guides. I'm not spending $$$ for these special guides that cost more than the blank!!
Unless you are fishing during the day and the fish are breaking WAY out there. You don't need to cast far. At night the fish are close to shore so who cares IMHO. LOL
YMMV. Try it and see for yourself.
Hmmmmm - try this, really.
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