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KR ain’t rocket science
KR Rocket science
 
Abide by a few simple rules and KR becomes a no-brainer. 
 

 
Barrys RV rocket
 
We hear it all the time. Many times it goes something like this: ”I am building a 6’6” Medium power rod with a 3000 series reel and 10-15lb braid and a second rod 7’3” with a similar reel and 20# braid. Where should I place my stripper, choke point etc on each rod?”

Many builders hold firm to the idea that the length or power or flex of the rod has an important influence on the set up of the reduction train. While there are a few extreme cases where this is true, rod layout becomes much less complicated when you realize that the reduction layout is a relationship between the reel (and the line it carries) and the guides, the lower portion of the rod is little more than a  platform to carry the guides - sure, it bends and loads and recovers but in reality - not much. When it does bend and load, it’s more about fighting a fish than it is about casting so for setting up a reduction train start by taking the power and length of the blank OUT of the equation. There will be times when a forth reduction guide is appropriate, or a deep flex will influence the stripper position but remember, we are talking most-of-the-time here.

Once you understand and accept this idea you realize you can start to roll some pretty simple formulas into your building plans. If you, like most builders in a geographic area, find yourself building rods of similar length and power for a particular species you may also begin to realize that you only need a single KR layout for nearly everything you build! Spacing is the same, size is the same, inventory on hand is simplified - orders are handled faster and profit goes up.

With a little more experience you’ll know that below 10lb braid or 8lb mono you can drop to a size 16 stripper. Between10lb and 20lb braid and up to 14lb mono you’ll reach for a size 20. Above 20lb braid or 17lb mono you’ll know its time for a size 25. This holds true for reels sizes from 2500 to about a 4000.


 
16,8,5.5rocket
 
You’ll also begin to see the sizes that go with those strippers. 
Size 16 always takes the 8H and 5.5M.
Size 20 always takes the 10H and 5.5M 
Size 25 always takes the 12H and 5.5M. 
Remember this by simply using a second reducer at half the size of the stripper...16-8, 20-10, 25-12(almost).

Finally, as you use the KR Concept GPS for a while (NEVER USE GPS AND KR CONCEPT GPS TOGETHER AND ”COMPARE” RESULTS. THEY ARE NOT COMPARABLE) you will begin to notice that the range of stripper distances is relatively small for ”average ” rods - almost always between 18 and 24 inches. Soon you’ll figure out that the 16 stripper will work great at 18 inches, the 20 stripper at 19 inches and the 25 at 20-21 inches (from the tip of the spool axle). Yes, that is counterintuitive but remember, the reel is getting smaller (and lower) with smaller and lower reduction trains so it usually works this way. 

You’ll also begin to notice after a while that the choke guide, in many cases, is roughly the same distance from the stripper as the stripper is from the tip of the spool axle. 19 inches axle  to stripper - 19 more inches stripper to choke guide, and so on (priceless tip here).

So you see, with just a few ideas committed to memory you can know instantly the starting place to build a KR Concept rod for a guy using a 3000 series reel and 15lb braid (no matter the power, action or length of the blank).

Now you can worry about thread colors...
 
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