Fly rod guide spacing

Recently bought a FL 783-3 (glass) blank and I am wondering what about guide size and spacing in this format

# Size Inches from top
Tip
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

Thanks
Justin


Spacings are in inches from

Spacings are in inches from the tip.
4,9,15, 22, 30,39 1/2, 50
1,1,1,2,2,3,10

Josh Cooper
Lamiglas Rod Squad Guru

Josh, Thanks! Would you

Josh,

Thanks! Would you recommend using single foot or snake guides? What size tip would you recommend? I was thinking a 2, but then again I am new to building rods.

Justin

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For that light of a rod I

For that light of a rod I would go with single foot. I would also run a tip top the same size as the last guide in this case a 1.

Josh Cooper
Lamiglas Rod Squad Guru

Thanks Josh. I will use your

Thanks Josh. I will use your advice.

Justin

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