Apologies if there are threads about this already - my search fu was weak.
I bought tadpole poles for my superfly, clearly too short. So I got another pole and will make them longer. What's a good length for a pole? I'm thinking that if the poles are bent when in place, they won't have a wear point on the tarp ridge, but at the same time they seem to put a lot of stress on the pull-outs. Plus I'm trying to give some margin for the corner tie-downs which will pull the tarp downward.
My thought now is to have the poles making the tarp almost flat when not tied down,(i.e. just hangnig from the ridge line and with the poles in place), but not really stressing the pull-outs at all, but what's a good compromise there according to more experienced people?
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