Acid Wrapping Jerkbait Rod?

[KCFinesse]

I've never used an acid wrapped rod before but I have been considering trying them.

 

I'm building a 7' 3 power casting setup for jerkbaits. I'm using single foot standard size guides because I do not want to deal with micro guide ice-up issues in mid winter jerkbait season. Is this a reasonable first foray into acid wrapping or is this just not a good application?

 

Thanks!

-Jared

[.ghoti.]

I’ve built jerkbait rods both ways; spiral and conventional. Both perform just fine. 

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Spiral wrap won’t have any negative affect on any application that I’ve seen. 

[MickD]

Do a search for "simple spiral" , much easier to layout, performs as well as any other spiral wrap.  Here is the short version:  Lay out all the guides as if you are going to build on top.  Rotate all the guides to the 180 degree position.  You can be done here, but if the line touching the blank between the first and second guide bothers you, then add a very low guide (bend to get it as low as possible) with a ring size about the same as your second guide, half way in between the 1st and 2nd guide AT 90 DEGREES.  All this guide does is keep the line off the blank, a function that some consider unnecessary. I spiral in the direction that will result in that guide and the reel handles being up when laying on a boat deck, so to the right for right handles, left for left handles.  Some will do a stress test to see if they can get by with one fewer guides, but I don't.  I've never seen where an extra guide hurt anything (I use Fuji KB/KT runners, size 5.5 ring). I guess it wasn't as short as I thought, once I added tips/editorials.

[OkobojiEagle]

doesn't seem logical that a spiral wrapped rod would give you any advantage in a tip down presentation or any presentation that you don't want a tight drag on

 

 

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[spoonplugger1]

It doesn't give you a disadvantage, and tip wrap/guide wrap with braid is much harder when gravity is on your side. The line, if given a chance would want to go to the bottom of the rod anyway so let it.

[MickD]

On 8/23/2020 at 12:08 PM, OkobojiEagle said:

doesn't seem logical that a spiral wrapped rod would give you any advantage in a tip down presentation

Even on a tip down presentation the fish will be played with the rod up, and the spiral will not generate the twisting (torque) that a guide-on-top rod will.  It will be stable like a spinner.  It's this torque reduction (and possibly the reduction in guide count of one) that is the reason for spiral.

[Crackintubes]

Have a MB 665 spiral wrapped for my jerk/topwater rod and love it! Wouldn't have it any other way