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Why does the 170/stopless work

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Why does the 170/stopless work

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Due to a right-to-left wind I ended up turning round and delivering my backcast in a #7 BFCC comp once - I came 2nd with 129ft, beaten by Matt Tonkin (a left hander) who threw 131.
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Why does the 170/stopless work

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Hi Graeme,

With lined rings it doesn’t matter; the flyline won’t run along the blank. With the HT10 I turn the first section in by about 60 degrees (because of the angle of the frame), the top out to 45 degrees and the middle splitting these two angles. I fish it this way too.

I would build it that way but I’m sure I’d have a lot of returns :D

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So you're fishing a acid wrap then :D

And how do you know its not build that way ;)

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The Acid Wrap? It’s not acid; it’s geometry. I spend months working out the angles.

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Do a search on acid/spiral wrap :D
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Ah ok then it’s an acid wrap :D
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Paul Arden wrote:Ah ok then it’s an acid wrap :D
:D

Didn't that prebend rod with more than usual eyes also have that years back?

Where's Magnum when we need him!

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We have discussed making them that way but the problem is that they are either left or right handed. At least with the way I do it they can be reshuffled. I can’t tell you how many people take the rod and straighten the rings. They look at me like I’m a bit daft for making a simple mistake :D :D

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Paul Arden wrote: They look at me like I’m a bit daft for making a simple mistake :D :D

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We all do mate, we all do :p

Go six piece, it'll make it easier to turn the rings into acid wrap ;)

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I don't want to lose the integrity of the rod because of a rings configuration fetish! It's not *that* critical :p

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