Who all carries these guides? I'm finally going to shell out the money for set for a 9' 8 wt. I'm thinking 7's should do the trick. Any advice on what kind of strippers to go with it would be appreciated, I was thinking of just using the fuji titanium's that are meant for use as flyrod strippers. I've heard somebody here talking about a single foot spinning guide as use for a flyrod stripper but can't seem to find that thread in a search.
Thanks,
Andy

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Bingham, for one. The REC wire guides are not the same as the Fuji titanium framed guides with SIC rings. I interpret your question to mean the latter. You have a choice between the Fuji TSG series single foot guides and the Fuji TLSG Concept single foot guides. For saltwater rods I prefer the TSG series, because they sit a little higher off the blank, which I like. I have used the TSVSG in size 16 as a stripper for 8 weights and larger to go with the TSG series single foot guides. There are many opinions of guide ring sizes. TO me size 7 ring guides are large enough for an 8 line, unless you use an interchangeable tip line like a Rio Versi-Tip. I am building an 11/12 weight RPLXi saltwater rod for Dorado using size 7 TSG guides. This rod will not be used with Versi-Tip lines, and mostly will be used with a clear intermediate or TS-450 line. I would go to size 8 for a Versi-Tip line.

The new Amtak Titan guides are also solid titanium frames. They are hard to find right now. I did get a size 16 and size 20 two foot guide in this series. I like them, and will use them on the 12 weight with the TSG guides. Hope this helps.

There is to be another shipment of the Titans coming in. Call Mud Hole and see if you can find out.