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Heavy spiral wire guides... need a source.
Posted by: Greg Davis (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: June 02, 2011 08:03PM

I've been doing much more blue water angling of late vs. back country. I've built several rods using the live bait series from Batson and I love the blanks but I don't think the guides I have been using will stand up over time to the wreck and bottem fishing that I have been doing. I'm looking for boat rod guides that are stomp proof. The kind that the rod will break before the guides will fail. Where do I go to get these old fashion guides? I know about REC. Not heavy enough. Any feedback will be appreciated.

Thanks

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Re: Heavy spiral wire guides... need a source.
Posted by: roger wilson (---.hsd1.mn.comcast.net)
Date: June 02, 2011 08:31PM

American tackle boat guides are awfully tough!!

[www.americantackle.us]

REW

Best to use guides without ceramic liners if you want to be able to stomp on them and keep using them.

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Re: Heavy spiral wire guides... need a source.
Posted by: Capt Neil Faulkner (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: June 02, 2011 08:45PM

Hi,

Contact REC and ask them to build you a special set of guides to meet your standards.

A customer has a set of RECs on the rod I built him. He targets 20 lb bluefish. He has no complaints with those guides.

Capt Neil Faulkner

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Re: Heavy spiral wire guides... need a source.
Posted by: Greg Davis (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: June 02, 2011 09:06PM

Thanks Captain Neil. I love the REC guides. Never had an issue. Couldn't agree more! Just looking for something a bit heavier.

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Re: Heavy spiral wire guides... need a source.
Posted by: Dennis Danku (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: June 03, 2011 01:26AM

Greg, Did you ever build with Fuji's BHNOG or BHNLG guides? Very sturdy frames and heavy duty rings.

Dennis J. Danku
(Sayreville,NJ)

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Re: Heavy spiral wire guides... need a source.
Posted by: Eric Guarino (---.sub-174-253-98.myvzw.com)
Date: June 03, 2011 06:37AM

I have been using twister guides. they are either made by pac bay or perfection. closest thing I have found to the original foulproof, fixable with a pair of pliers charter boat guide

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Re: Heavy spiral wire guides... need a source.
Posted by: Ellis Mendiola (---.hsd1.tx.comcast.net)
Date: June 03, 2011 11:45AM

Greg, The guides that you may be looking for are listed in Mudhole's catalog as Carbide Boat Rod Guides on page 99. Or you can choose the cheaper ones called wire frame guides. I found them this morning while looking for one of those guides to do a repair job on an old rod.

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Re: Heavy spiral wire guides... need a source.
Posted by: Donald Becker (---.169.popsite.net)
Date: June 04, 2011 03:58AM

Are you looking for Hilo guides?

Scroll to about the middle of the page of the following link.

[www.tokunagastore.com]


Don

Don Becker

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Re: Heavy spiral wire guides... need a source.
Posted by: Geoff Staples (---.olypen.com)
Date: June 06, 2011 03:23PM

Mr. Davis,
I believe the guides you are looking for are our twister guides (model TW). They are located on p 37 of our existing catalog. These guides have been around for years and are intended for the applications you described. You can download a catalog from www.fishpacbay.com.

-The Batson TEAM
BatsonEnterprises.com

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Re: Heavy spiral wire guides... need a source.
Posted by: Greg Davis (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: June 08, 2011 06:32PM

Thanks Geoff. That is what I was looking for. I'll go back to your website and look for a distributor. Thanks, and thanks to all that responded!

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