Hi fellas, I'm looking for suggestions on guide sizes for a 7 foot spinner 8-15# / fast action / medium power.. used for light inshore fishing..snook ..redfish..black drum..trout...and the sorts..kinda just playin around with an old blank.

25-10-5-3.5-3mm's to the tip should give you something to play with

thx steve..I will giv it a try...and let ya know how it works out.

thx steve...how bout 16-12-10-6-6-6-6 ...........what do ya think...all new to me...aint no fly rod

6mm guides are hardly micro by today’s standards, and unless you are using ultra high frame match guides a 16 stripper would be way too small. The idea of the new guide concept in all of its implementations is to get down to the smallest guide size as soon as possible while having tall enough guides near the butt to keep the line off of the blank.


I have built several with LSG3.5’s matched with YSG 25, 16, and 8, they work fantastic. I have also used Batson 3mm guides matched up with black Alconites. The 4mm Alconites are almost as small as the 3mm Batson guides so they may be a good choice also.

yes mike ...i fully understand....I thought a 16 was too small to start ...but this is all i have to work with at the time...how do ya think it will act starting with a 16 ?

Do you use a leader? If so I would worry about the micro guides being too small to pass the knot. The set up with the 6s works for me because I do the same type of fishing using braid with a flour leader & the 6s seems to let the knot pass without much resistence. Mike is correct about the stripper guide. I would use a 16.

Not a 16 but th 25 for stripper.

thanks for everyones input and advice..im gunna use the 25 for the stripper....and try it out today....thanks again

I would recommend using the correct sized guides. Those may be micros, or they may not be. Only you can determine that.

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Does the static guide placement work pretty good for micro setups?

Sure, especially on a spinning or spiral wrapped rod they are just like any other guide.

Ok, after using it today with no changes to the stripper size (16) i am not happy at all with what i ended up with.....everyone was correct ...the 16 was too small...but i had to see for myself ..now im gunna try the 25 and see how it goes...thankx everyone

you should easily be able to go with a size 20 if it is a tall frame guide like "m" style or vs3. the smaller you go it seems to be more critical of where the butt guide is placed. good luck with it

hi fellas, I stepped it up to a 25 and am very happy with the results..actually way better than i thought.....I had to do a little adjustment to the guide placement....i know that 6s arent exactally micro, but it was the smallest i wanted to go at this time simply because of the leader size that i use..I have to tell ya.....i havnt done this much experamenting ever and its been fun...now i plan to just see how small i can get with the same great results.....i appreciate everyones input and am glad we have a place like this to share knowlege and experiance.

Hello , I hope I am not off topic here?? Regarding the micro guides. I am also building the same basic rod configuration as the seven foot spinner mentioned here. My concern is under wrapping the guides. I have been told to under wrap guides if using braided line over #6 lb test as the line tests out much higher. Should micro guides be under wrapped? Is it a good policy to under wrap micro guides in all circumstances?
Thank You for your input, Tom