I am building a light saltwater using the mhx white L904-W. I am looking for a set good high quality double foot guides that arent terribly expensive. Also is there anyone who has any ideas to save some money @ mudhole.com? Especially shipping cause thats what kills me every time.

A little info would help. Spinning rod or conventional? What pound test and type of line? What type of fish and stlye of fishing?

Titainium is affordable using a curado/revo but might not be using a stradic/sustain.

Why the need for double foot on that strength blank?

Russ in Hollywood, FL.

Russel you are right some info would help.

I am looking to do a spinning with 10 to 25 lb braided line. Fishing in the Barnegat Bay for bluefish and fluke, maybe some small stripers doing topwater, jigging and simple rigs, nothing like troling.

I am going to do doubles because i think they look a little bit nicer and you are open to more customization in the wraps.

The choice has nothing to do with making the rod stiffer or stronger.

I like Fuji Alconite for most applications.

Don

Hi Tyler,
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ESFNEM Col
Port Kembla, NSW
Australia

If you are looking lower priced, I would go with Fuji Alconites. If you want to spend a little more money, I would go with American Tackle Titan titanium guides.

Fuji Alconite KW stripper guide then go to the KL then KT. Affordable, functional, and IMO more ascetically pleasing than all two foot guides on a spinning rod. Just my opinion...

American Tackle RingLock nanolite guides....best on the market, hands down!

I recently used a set of Alps LXN guides for a fluke rod build. NIce and light and worked fine for the application. Pretty cheap too. Check them out..

Tyler, I think you have to ask yourself if looks are important enough to compromise performance. I agree a double foot guide allows for more thread art. Heck, before coming here I thought they were required on heavy salt water spinning rods. Now, I no longer use them on spinning rods at all. The choice is yours but demanding them limits your choices. Not because there aren't any, but because none are offered in a high enough frame.

These days a 2500 reel could handle the fish you are after. Most of the lighter braid tests way beyond the label's rating. I was able to get 300 yards of braid that tests near 17 pounds on a 2500 reel (it was called 5 pound test!). Such a reel and braid combo could get by with as small as a #16 butt guide and #4 runners. If you insist on a double foot guides you will probably need a #30 just to get the height you need. That guide will cost more and weigh more. The difference is more pronunced, with the smaller guides near the tip, where it counts the most. I use single foot fly rod guides there.

I would think casting performance would be important in your application. Next I would think having the lighest outfit would reduce fatigue and increase pleasure and success. Those things would be way higher on my list than looks. But I am not you nor do I fish your waters.

I use BYAG's and BLAG's for a lot of my spinners. If you must have double foot guides I'd be looking at the KW series. I forget the part# for the high frame double foot hardloys but they aren't a terrible choice......just that it almost seems like a crime compared to what is possible today.


Only way to save money.....do what is required to buy wholesale....and/or buy in quantity. If you discover that a size 6 blag is perfect for your needs a 100 of them isn't all that many rods. What kills you is trying to order materials for one rod build at a time.

Russ in Hollywood, FL.