Lindon Cattin' 4-7-21

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I've seen this in one of your photos recently and forgot to ask.... the photo of the WB, the pole to the left of your hand, are the bottom couple of guide eyes turned on purpose ?   
That is a way of wrapping a casting rod to put all of the "working" guides on the bottom of the rod...as they would be on a spinning rod.  The idea is that with the reel and all the guides on top of the rod, there is torque when you are fighting a big fish and the rod wants to turn over.    With the guides on the bottom the pull is straight down.  It takes some practice and training to learn how to place the 3 or 4 "conversion guides...the ones that take the line from the top to the bottom.  But there is no added friction or resistance on a cast or when fighting a fish.  This is a repeat picture from my trip to Willard last week.  I have now caught fish on that rod in both Willard and Utah Lake and I like it.

My overall opinion, however, is that unless your rod is pretty soft, you really don't have to worry much about it shattering from torque by having all the guides on top.  Anglers have been fishing them that way for years and it kinda developed as a foo foo California thingy in the past few years.  Just something else to look at when the fish ain't bitin'.  I rebuilt that one on an old Lew's Speed Stick rod I have had but not used much...just for grins.