Hey guys,
I have a Nissin Sasuke tenkara rod, it's about 5 feet. Test the ERN index, and it weighs to be about a 3wt, making it the perfect rig for smaller stream I like to fish. I want to convert it into a fly/spinning set up, using a full wells grip with some slip rings on the grip to position the rod wherever I please.
Here are some questions.
- I plan on putting a rod guide at the end of each section- this is a 5 piece rod, so there would be a tip top guide, stripping guide, and 3 running guides. Can I get away with that many guides? Seems like it could use one or two more, but if I were to put any more guides on, it wouldn't telescope properly.
-The distance between the first stripping guide and the reel would be quite short if I were to place my stripping guide in the first section of the rod. There's about 7-9 inches between the guide and the reel if I were to do that. Should I do away with the stripping guide on the first section and place it on the section section? That would give it 17-20 inches of space between the reel and the stripping guide, but it would make it so that I would only have a 4 total guides as opposed to 5 which seems really sparse.
To convey my ideas a bit better, here are some crudely drawn pictures of my plans. Let me know what you think guys!
https://imgur.com/a/ViyNg