Recently picked up a bamboo rod but have been working 70-80 hour weeks and have not had a chance to fish it. In the little time I have for myself I have been digging through the stuff and found a Montague flash rod that was my grandfathers and is a rod I started refinishing years ago. Was when I was just starting to build rods and I was not great at it. I already added a new reel seat and re wrapped new guides in the place of the old guides. I think I removed the new striping guide and tip top that I added for another project at some time. Now I am thinking I would like to add more guides to the rod and try fishing it.
Question is, should I just add guides in between the existing guides, which are spaced very far apart, or should I re wrap the whole rod with new spacing. It's a 9' rod and the total number of guides currently is 7. If I remove all the guides, what is recommended for sanding old finish spots and refinishing them.
Trying to get the most bang for buck. I don't think the rod has any value other than fishing it and I really don't want to spend too much more time on it.
Just fish it
Add a couple guides in between the existing ones or
Start form scratch and space guides correctly
Question is, should I just add guides in between the existing guides, which are spaced very far apart, or should I re wrap the whole rod with new spacing. It's a 9' rod and the total number of guides currently is 7. If I remove all the guides, what is recommended for sanding old finish spots and refinishing them.
Trying to get the most bang for buck. I don't think the rod has any value other than fishing it and I really don't want to spend too much more time on it.
Just fish it
Add a couple guides in between the existing ones or
Start form scratch and space guides correctly
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