The Asian Angler October 2014 Digital Issue - Malaysia - English | Page 131

Reduced Stress On Blank
The rod blank of a casting or conventional rod goes through a lot of stress,
twisting from left to right depending on
where the brute of a fish runs. This is
because its guides are placed on top of
the blank while the fish is pulling hard
at the bottom. Rod guides will start
twisting the blank towards the bottom.

Spinning rods do not have this issue as
the rod guides affixed to them are already facing downwards. With spiral
guides, the guides spiral downwards
towards the bottom and thus the stress
(twist) on the rod blank is reduced tremendously unless you’re battling a huge
flying fish that takes towards the clouds
in a realm of fantasy fishing.

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