I’m building a spinning rod for my cousin that he plans on using for bass, carp and pike and looking to use the NGC for layout. I’ll be using a RodGeeks C2 7’MH blank.
My initial guide layout is CRB Elite 25, 16, 10, 6 (choke/running). I’m going with CRB to reduce costs and for availability purposes. I’ve used CRB on a few builds and feel they are decent quality.
the kicker is my cousin uses a massive Penn 8000 sized spinning reel with a diameter of approx. 61mm.. based on the 27x choker dimension, this would essentially put the choker guide 1’ from the tip of the rod.
would I be better off just setting this rod up for a smaller reel (say a 4000 size) to account for running guides and multi species stuff? Never had to build a rod that the anticipated choker position is that close to the tip.