Chunk

If the spine is not in the correct position "Pointing Down" you risk breaking it.
Regardless whether your Guides Point up as in Casting or down as in Spinning !

Even Parabolic, Nano Toray Carbon & Helical, Rod Blanks are Splined

Simple Solution is ?
Talk to Any Rod Manufacturer and ask them.
They are, "Rod Blank Manufacturers"

With many more years experience then any of us !!!!

Tight Lines
Dan

LOL

From roduilding.org

5. Where should I locate the spine on my rod blank in relation to the guides?

There is no wrong position to locate your blank's spine. Where you do put the guides in relation to the spine, however, will result in certain performance characteristics being either enhanced or reduced.

There are three viable options as to where to locate the spine.

1. Spine on top - This option gives a bit more power on the forward cast but a bit less for line lifting (fly) and fish fighting.

2. Spine on bottom - This position puts the spine into strong play (better tracking) on the forward cast and gives you slightly more power for lifting line off the water (fly). Opponents of this method say this position will lead to rod twist when fighting a fish. This is not true, however, as guide position alone determines rod stability. (More on this topic can be found in the next question.)

3. Disregard spine and locate the rod's stiffest axis so that the fish is pulling against it (A blank's softest and stiffest axis are not necessarily 180 degrees opposite each other). This usually locates the blank's natural bend in such a way that the butt and tip are "up" and the belly of the blank is "down". This puts the maximum amount of power into play for fish fighting but may result in slightly less casting accuracy/tracking.

We needed something to eat the alewife.

Steelies, Cohos and Browns were more than enough.

An all out ban on roe would be the ideal remedy.  Another option would be to have a tag system. You would have to have a tag on the fish harvested for roe for an example. You would not just be able to walk along the tribs with a zip lock bag collecting roe anymore. You would have to apply a tag to the fish and remove it from the river.

 

I have been saying this for a long long time...It's "WHITE TRASH" that are leaving the carcasses. The Asians and Europeans are taking the whole fish to consume. The next time you see "that guy" wearing the high end Simms waders, custom rod, custom reel..... you know the ones... using salmon roe for sacs, chances are, they are the ones who are turfing the carcass into the bushes.

Never having stocked chinooks in the first place would have been the best option.