ok, so for some reason my post isn't showing up, but here it is. you guys already helped me with choosing my guide sizes, but now im looking for what type of guides to buy. now im looking at getting the sic guides from fuji, but they have a lot of different kinds. this is going to be primarily a trout rod. i plan on casting a lot of different light lures and plastics with it so i don't know what kind of sic guides i should get to best fit my needs. what will the different types do in terms of performance? i.e. the high frame guides versus the normal single foot guides?

I'd dare say that is entirely up to you, Aaron, and your personal preferences. With a light-duty, fresh-water rod, the benefits of silicon carbide (which are mainly: superior heat dissipation from friction, lowest coefficient of friction, greatest hardness against line abrasion [steel files are dulled by SiC], great mechanical strength & shock resistance, and complete immunity to corrosion) are only moderately realized. Frankly, the Alconites or Hardloys are generally also up to the task. But I'll admit that the smaller ring sizes of SiC guides are somewhat more affordable, and make going all-out a very attractive prospect.

I really don't know what kind of rod you are talking about:
the rod blank? spinning or casting? application? Trout: brook or lake?
But for spinning, the YSG series (single-foot, Y-high-frame);
and for casting, the LNSG series (double-foot, tri-leg) or
the UNSG (single-foot, two-leg, low-frame) series are very nice for the SiC guides. Or even the LSG series (single-foot, single-leg), which are generally considered a fly rod guide. You certainly can use more than one style guide on a single rod. The most common example might be a double-footed first guide, followed by all single-footed guides.

The higher frames are generally better on larger spinning rods. Some builders like the LSG for their ultra-lite weight on UL rods, which may be better for your trout rod after the first three guides (or for the last two guides on your trout rod, right before the tip-top.)

For my tastes, a SiC tip-top is the first choice for all but the softest tips or lightest blanks, because of all the benefits listed above. A cracked tip-top is the fastest way to side-line your most favorite rod, and SiCs are usually the most indestructible choice. The LST or GLST (gold) tip-tops may be what you want.

IMO, -Cliff Hall, Gainesville, FL-