Here is a photo of two later model Phillipson spin rods. The top rod is a Master G-MS701L, a 7 foot, 2-piece rod for up to 1/4 oz lures. The green wrapped Master rods first showed up in the 1969 catalog, but the same basic model had been available for a few years. The bottom rod is an Epoxite ES60UL, a 6 foot, 2-piece fly/spin rod for #5 line or up to 1/4 oz lures. This rod showed up in the early 70s.
The Master spin rod has all double foot, wire frame guides. The Epoxite has three double foot, wire frame guides and three double loop, fly guides. Both rods have conventional, spin rod tip-tops. The guides are generally on the small side. The stripping guides on the MS701L and ES60UL are maybe 25mm and 16mm, respectively.
MS701L guide placement and sizes:
- Butt/Stripper, 50-1/4" from the rod tip, 23.5mm OD (20mm ID)
- Tip Guide #4, 35" from the rod tip, 16.5mm OD (12.5mm ID)
- Tip Guide #3, 22-1/4" from the rod tip, 11.5mm OD (9mm ID)
- Tip Guide #2, 12-1/2" from the rod tip, 9mm OD (7mm ID)
- Tip Guide #1, 5" from the rod tip, 7.5mm OD (5.5mm ID)
- Tip top, 7.5mm OD (5.5mm ID)
Chrome plated, wire frame, spinning guides are getting hard to find. Pac Bay offers them with
braced and unbraced frames, but the smallest size is 10mm. The double loop fly guides were pretty much a Phillipson exclusive (Rick's Rods still had some in stock at last check). Recoil offers guides similar to the Phillipson double loop.
Like I implied upthread, I would only build a light spinning rod with single foot Fujis. The benefits far outweigh the classic looks of wire frame guides. Micro guides are an option too.
Tom