First off, thank y’all for the reply’s and suggestions. The rod blank I am going to use is a S842-MHX. It came as a kit with the parts for a split grip and a set of crb guides that are the 20 12 6 5 5 5 5, ( I think, can’t put my hands on them right now to see). I will be using a pfluegur president 25 on it. I have another rod with a similar set of guides and when using it with bobber stopper and slip cork the small rings really interferes with the passage of the bobber stopper. I think I will go with the larger guide train as suggested by wicklundrh. Thanks !