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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Here's a T-LNSG 16guide on rod I built for someone and has been using it for 3 weeks. I built teh rod (GUSA SW70MH) as light as posible so the rod performed to the highest potential possible. lol. I didn't even use underwraps, which I really wish I did after seeing this.
In addition to replacing this guide, I had to place an 8" thread wrp in front ofteh forgrip as the finish & pain were already worn off the blank from cranking in hundreds of fish with the rod resting on a stainless steel railing.
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Keywords: Unperformance
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Jim Upton
Registered: March 2005
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Posts: 440
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What was the explanation for how it happened?
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Someone's butt. They sat on it after drinking 9 hours worth of beers. That's waht happens with a boat of 60 people.
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Steven Libby
Registered: May 2005
Posts: 112
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Why an underwrap? Would it have saved the blank?
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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When te guy sat on teh rod and teh guide got bent like that, all teh finish scraped off and the graphite seemed to be damaged or bruised. It takes a lot to bend a Titanium guide to that degree, having that layer of thread would have prevented teh guide foot from scraping off teh finish...whether the blank was in fact damaged I can't tell, but with an underwrap I would have felt a little "safer". Whether it would ahve actually prevented blank damage, realistically I doubt it, but I would have felt better not seeing the blank.
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Fred Yarmolowicz
Registered: March 2005
Location: Brick(Central) NJ
Posts: 565
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Fri July 13, 2007 10:07pm
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I could get the same result with 6 hours worth.What is the name of that boat???
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Michael Joyce
Registered: March 2005
Location: Central MA
Posts: 1,528
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Sat July 14, 2007 12:56am
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Rut Row....this is when you say "can I interest you in an Ugly Stik?" (unless its a freind ) Charge him big then say..."if you wanna dance, you gotta pay the fiddler".
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Mike Manolis
Registered: May 2006
Posts: 3
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Sat July 14, 2007 12:50pm
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Im sure that left a nice tatoo on the beer gussler's rear. That's why I steer clear of party boats if possible. To many people in to small of a space. Then involve alcohol and stuff either breaks or winds up dissapering. It is a shame to see things like that happen to your hard work.
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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CLiff, funny you should mention the guide feet slipping out. THis is the last rod I am using LNSG's (or BLNAG's) on, as this is not the first time this guide style has had a guide foot slip out. I've had 2 of them slip, another friend had one, and now this one. Mt 2 happened wher eI rested teh rod on teh rail and picked it up, hitting the stripper guide on th rai. With a longer foot, the guide frame would have bent and I would have just bent it back into place. With te short feet on these guides I had to find tape and tape teh guide foot to teh rod tin order to finish fishing it. MN guides ar ePERFECT fo rme, but not available in Titanium. T-NSG's are ideal, but teh guide frame is beefy and the feet larger than neccesary. I have no choice but to use these though.
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