Would there be any disadvantage to wrapping a single foot guide on backwards with the point of the foot towards the tip of the rod?

At the very worst you're moving some weight forward along the rod, which is never a good thing, although we'd really be splitting hairs here. It won't make that much difference.

I will say that I can't see any advantage to positioning them in that direction.

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I was just thinking it might be another option to help eliminate guide pull out issues wheb pulling rods out of lockers. I know most will say just use a locking wrap, but I just hate putting finish on micro guides that have a locking wrap.

But then you'd have the same problem when putting them in the lockers.

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Tom Kirkman Wrote:
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> But then you'd have the same problem when putting
> them in the lockers.



The voice of reason.....

Do the lock wrap. I just wrapped and delivered a fw baitcaster and not two weeks later its back with a guide pulled. The first guide after the stripper and I did not put a locker on it. I'll do it now.

Jeff S. I feel your pain! Many pulled single foot guides that are thought to be victims of rod lockers occurred in an entirely different manner.

Here we go again. Call them what you want. "Wind knots" formed in several circumstances are the culprit.

As a result of pull testing, manufacturers have and are continuing to improve frame design to insure that a properly done Forhan is able to performs its job. A Forhan simply has no chance to significantly increase pull resistance on certain guide frames unless other measures are taken.

How many have observed that some guides have pulled free without breaking the locking Forhan wraps?

I know that a few have posted having this happen, but I've not had, or had the first rod returned with a Micro stripped off.

Seems that I remember some post a couple years back of some guides being striped off that were not micro's, but don't remember if they shared whether they used Forhan’s or not or if the wraps broke