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Originally Posted by pikergolf
Rods have spines. For spinning rods and casting rods you want set the eyes so the rod bends the way it naturally wants to. So the eyes on a spinning rod are set on the side it wants to bend. Casting rod the eyes are set on the side opposite the way it wants to bend. when you play a fish the rod bends they direction it is predispositioned to bend.
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Exactly dead on! I have been building rods for over 40 years; taught by some of the best in the day, and I have seen crazy stuff.
One interesting option that I have seen, and occasionally built is setting up a bait cast rod with the bend in the correct direction but after setting the guide closest to the reel in the standard position, offsetting subsequent guides by say 30 degrees each (for 6 remaining guides excluding tiptop) such that the line rotates around the rod. My client said that eliminated the line rubbing on the rod with a big fish on.
Vic