Bigfishbob wrote:  I haven't really seen it adopted in any other part of the world except here.

It started overseas meany meany years ago i first picked one up at the boat show on the reel rods stand about 6 years ago it looked cool so i built a rod and it works.

Read here
http://www.acidrod.com/acidrods.html

Sweet Dohboy but what do you notice when you use one straight after a conventional one?

Personally I've spiral/acid wrapped my SP rods too but I think the benefit is more noticable in jig rods under big loads. I also think the benefit is more easy to feel than explain. With jig rods being (often) very short, capable of some huge drag pressure/load, and often very parabolic, the twist feeling can be exagerated quite a bit with just the slightest of movement side to side at the reel end. It can also be further exagerated by a rocking boats, angler skill level and even fatigue. If you have an acid wrapped rod PULLING the tip down the rod CAN NOT twist (without some extreme muppetry). Of course plenty of this can be controlled by a bit more effort/skill on the part of the angler but in my view it would be better to remove the variable all together so the angler only has to worry about the rod on the vertical plane rather than twist etc. You don't even need a gimbal knock on an acid wrapped rod, although we'll often put them on so the rods don't just spin in the rod holder.

The old saying goes "each to there own" and that applies to rod as well.

What Badfish has said is totally correct ...to a point. By this i mean that you have to want to fish a acid wrapped rod, i was talking to a guy on here the other day who catches a lot of fish and wants to build a new overhead soft bait rod but there is no way he wants an acid wrapped rod , he as fished them and just does not like them.

ALL rods can be acid wrapped but will the blank benefit from this ????? Well not all from my experience. A blank that is say 10-15kg with a fast action and that is built the right way will only twist a very little under full load, so will only benefit a small amount, on the other hand a 7ft 4-6 kg soft bait that has a medium to slow action will twist quite a bit so acid wrapping it will fix this .

I have read loads of opions on here about acid wrapping rods. Some have said they are the best thing since sliced bread while others on here have posted the acid wrapped rod are only for those that dont know how to fish the wright way so my addvice to you Bigfishbob is to get an old rod one that you will never use again strip the guides of it and acid wrap it.

You will learn alot about guide spacing and rod set up so give it a go.
Dean

Acid wrapped Jig rods certainly feel nice loaded up on a good fish (even better with a bent butt).

All excellent advice , I have spent many hours studying the different idears on the subject , I can see the merits in it , but I think it boils down to what the individual is happy with , and that is all that counts . I have caught many large fish on conventional wrapped rods and twist has not been a issue for me , I have fished acid wrapped and also found them to be excellent to fish with , the one and only issue I found was hitting the guides on the gunnel , but I just need to take more care .

Hard_core_gamer wrote: Why do they call it acid wrap rods?

If you guys are interested have a look at this , by a bloke called Denis Brown , known on this forum by some  http://www.360tuna.com/forum/f74/spiral-not-spiral-12165/index3.html  it will help understand a lot .

I still dont get the acid/spiral wrap thing.(Other than removing the twist sensation when you have the rod loaded) 

Rod blanks are made by cutting a right angled triangular flag shaped piece of Fibreglass and or graphite cloth and wrapped around a tapering mandrel and cured .........Roughly speaking.