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MIke Naylor
Registered: September 2005
Posts: 5
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Cheap old fishing rod was used for trolling braided lines by a Chesapeake Bay charter captain. He started breaking fish off with regularity, and happened to notice that 8 of his rods had grooves like this.
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| · Date: Mon September 11, 2006 · Views: 1,954 · Filesize: 36.4kb · Dimensions: 393 x 377 ·
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Keywords: guide_groove
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Steve Parks
Registered: April 2005
Location: Daphne, Alabama
Posts: 102
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Mon September 11, 2006 2:14pm
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How 'bout a little more info? What type and weigth of line was used and what type of guide is it?
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Steve Parks
Registered: April 2005
Location: Daphne, Alabama
Posts: 102
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Tue September 12, 2006 8:07am
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Thanks for the info Mike. 
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Jay Lancaster
Registered: April 2006
Posts: 55
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Tue September 12, 2006 5:18pm
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A metal ring like that isn't going to hold up to braid. He's probably lucky they lasted as long as they did...with the braid AND the corrosion!
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MIke Naylor
Registered: September 2005
Posts: 5
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Fri September 15, 2006 7:54pm
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Agreed. This happened when braid first came onto the scene. Guide wear had never been an issue, and I don't think anyone anticipated that it would kill guides so quickly.
Corrosion is a terror for charter captains. This guy trolled 12 rods at a time, 3-4 days a week for months every spring. All it takes is putting those rods away one time without a proper cleaning and the corrosion begins. I replaced all the guides on 8 rods with Hardloys, and three years later most of those were corroded too. Now I refuse to make trolling rods unless a guide will pay for titanium SIC's. Life is too short to keep re-wrapping the same rods.
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