Overhead to Spin

[copie]

Hi all need some help and advise. Ihave a penn overhead rod and would like to use it with a spinning reel.
1/ Will this be ok.
2/ Can the first or first and second runners be changed to larger sized runner more suitable for a spinning reel.
3/ I am on brisbanes south side who could do this for me.

Thanks Mark

[Adam_G]

copie,

What rating is it?

You could use it with a spinning reel but it wouldn't be ideal, it wouldn't cast as well as a purpose built spinning rod. Changing guides may improve it, some pictures would help.

Adam

[copie]

Hi Adam yeh i realise i could just use it as it is, but i thought it would be improved with a change of the first 2 runners. Iam not to concerned about its casting ability. Simply fact is i have too many overhead rods and not enough spinning rods.

[sleepygreg]

If it has been built properly in the first place, you would have to drop a line class class, because you are now fishing opposite the backbone rather than on the backbone of the rod, You will also find that you will have more cracking in the epoxy as the guides will be too close together for the type of flexing the rod will do and the distribution of forces is different. Reel seat positioning may or may not be an issue. What you want to do is feasable, but would require a total stripping of all guides, and repositioning. This is not difficult nor should it be that expensive if you do it yourself. Refurbishing old rods is basically how I learnt the trade in the early days.

Hope this helps

Greg

[Adam_G]

copie, if you are not to fussed about performance replacing those 2 guides will help the line come off the spinning reel a bit better and give you another spinning rod (which seems to be what you are after), or go with Greg's advise and you will end up with a better result.

Adam

[Mark Fisher]

If you strip the blank down and then reposition spinning guides there shouldn't be any problems at all. If the overhead was built on the backbone, all you are doing is making a transition of the guides from on top of the backbone to underneath the backbone - no problems. What about your reel seat? Is that set up for an overhead. If so, you are going to have to strip the front grip and the reel seat as well. To be honest - IMHO - I would buy or make a purpose built spinning rod from scratch. Also, personally, I don't believe a lot of the rubbish written about backbones having to be on top of the rod. You can get different effects on the finished rod by placing the backbone in varying positions. Just because the "book" says something doesn't mean it's always right.


Regards
Outback

[copie]

So guy's who's on the brissy southside that can do this job for me.
Mark.