Changing an over head rod to a spin rod
Submitted by aiwoz on Wed, 2017-10-18 17:34
Howdy all,
I have a Live Fibre Texalium ZWS70MST 15kg over head rod surplus to my needs.
Could I remove the first couple of guides to make it a spin/cast rod to suit a Saragossa 25000?
If so what guide sizes would you recommend?
Cheers
Faulkner Family
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cant be done as the backbone
cant be done as the backbone will be wrong. to change everything over it would be cheaper to buy new rod
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Auslobster
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It CAN be done.
The proper way is to completely strip the entire rod, including reel seat, and rebuild everything on the opposite side. But to be honest, I've built a number of rods, spin and overhead, all on the same side, and have never had any problems.
Fisher Kid
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Used an old overhead rod for
Used an old overhead rod for years as a spin rod, caught some pretty big fish on it and never struggled. Wouldnt rely on it for a once in a lifetime fish but shouldnt explode first cast or anything. Might be like fishing with a broom and could break randomly but eh
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