"Acid wrap" ?

[fishaholic18]

Chris,
First guide staight up and next 2 to make transition around the rod rest on bottom of rod usually equally spaced. I find that if I secure the 1st guide and put the rest on with rubber bands,leave the 2nd and 3rd guide on top and rest under. put the reel on and secure the end of the line to something, load the rod a little and the 2nd and 3rd guides will usually twist to close to where they have to be. Some guys like the 1st guide straight on with the reel, some like it offset to the left a little. I tried both, noticed no diff. Get the guides where u think the transition looks good and test cast it, make sure line doesn't hit the blank anywhere. You may have to move guides back or forth a little to achieve that. Trial and error, that's the fun in it. I'll try to post pix of some I've done, it's tough to show in pix though.

[fishaholic18]

Here goes, this is a boat rod.

[fishaholic18]

Bottom side.

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Whats the purpose for a spiral wrapped rod anyway?

[fishaholic18]

Have you ever fought a good fish on a conv. rod and the rod tries to twist/torque to one side?It's because the guides are mounted on top and the line pressure tries to pull the rod to one side. Where as with a spinning rod, guides are on the bottom so the rod cannot twist on you. When u spiral/Acid wrap a rod, you are transfering torque to the botton of the rod, thus eliminating torquing the rod to one side. It's actually pretty cool fighting a fish on a spiral wrapped rod, you have a lot more power and control to turn a big fish. Plus it's something different.