Evening all,

Whilst browsing the Cabela's site, I saw that some of their own brand rods, the XML Ti range, use Titanium wire Recoil guides.

What are your views on these guides with regard to quality and longevity?

I am planning on having 6' ultra light built and am contemplating these guides as an alternative to Fuji's etc. It seems weird having a guide that doesn't have a ceramic liner.

Would they be suitable for use with braid, as this is all I use?

Thanks in advance.

Simon

I like them on fly rods. The stripper guides to make a funny humming sound when a bonefish is running, but are otherwise very light and durable. I like that I will never lose a ceramic insert on them. FWIW though, I am using Fuji TiSic stippers on the ords I'm building now, followed by single foot recoils after that.

The sinlge foot fly guides are not as durable as the snakes.

I haven't used the spin ones.

Check the archives here... lots of other opinions.

Braid won't hurt any guide, it's the dirt and crud that gets in the braid that damges guides. Recoils will work fine on an ultralight. Longevity, they haven't been out long enough for any info that I know of.

Simon,
Recoil makes a spinning guide, which has two loops of wire, and a fly guide which has only one loop. I used the spinning guides with braided line and switched back to mono/florocarbon line because I didn't like the noise of the line running through the guides. If you want to read what REC says about Recoils, regarding longevity, click on their link on the left as they are sponsors and probably have everything you want to know about them on their site. Good product and very forgiving as they snap back into shpe when they are bent over.
Lynn
Santa Rosa, CA

There are applications where the Recoils really shine IMHO.
One of these is ultralight spinning using mono. If you dont
mind the sound they make when using braid (any wire type
guide will make thoses sounds) then you cant go wrong with
them. If weight and durability are deciding factors Recoils
are a great choice.

Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..

Has anyone tried the Recoil guides on a surf rod? Are they strong enough to hold their shape when a 20 or 30 pound fish is pulling drag?

Thanks to you all for your rapid replies.

It seriously looks like I'll be going for the Recoils. For me line hiss isn't an issue, light weight and durability are.

Thanks once again.

Simon.

Don't put to much importance on the snap back feature of the REC guides, the only problem I've had with them has been from people showing their budddies that feature one to many times.

Hi Simon:

Give me a call on the RECOIL guides. I stock and sell quite a number of them. I know you can get them direct from REC at MSRP, but give me a call or e-mail me for some additional information on them price wise etc. I'm about 30 minutes from the factory in CT.

They are fantastic guides, and just got a whole new batch of them in stock.

Try us out, you might be surprised.

Peter Maltby
pmaltby@ackfishing.com
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