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Pac Bay Minimas
Posted by: Steve Cox (---.client.mchsi.com)
Date: December 23, 2012 11:19AM

There have been some interesting posts on guides and grooving wear. Have any of you had any grooving issues ( on spin, casting or fly rods) with Pca Bay Minimas?

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Re: Pac Bay Minimas
Posted by: Ron Weber (---.ph.ph.cox.net)
Date: December 23, 2012 11:46AM

I haven't noticed any problems to date.

Ron Weber

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Re: Pac Bay Minimas
Posted by: Lou Auret (---.mem.bellsouth.net)
Date: December 23, 2012 12:06PM

Steve, i have had them out there in all conditions for years, salt or fresh makes no difference. Mono or braid no grooving at all and my customers love them. I even use them on the few fly rods i build per year.

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Re: Pac Bay Minimas
Posted by: Scott Hovanec (---.hsd1.pa.comcast.net)
Date: December 23, 2012 03:44PM

I have replaced quite a few grooved tips on Berkley and Fenwick rods that had SS-304 guides on them. They are very similar to the Minimas. Only the tips on said rods were grooverd.

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Re: Pac Bay Minimas
Posted by: Capt Neil Faulkner (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: December 23, 2012 04:54PM

Hi,

No problems with guides or tip tops.

I use them on many rods and have 22 rods on party boats for 3-4 years. No problems.

Capt Neil Faulkner

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Re: Pac Bay Minimas
Posted by: roger wilson (---.hsd1.mn.comcast.net)
Date: December 23, 2012 05:55PM

Many many pac bay minima guided rods and tips with 0 reports of any grooving at all.
Roger

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Re: Pac Bay Minimas
Posted by: Milt deReyna (---.nc.res.rr.com)
Date: December 23, 2012 09:58PM

I'm sure I read a post somewhere from Todd Vivian, who said he uses them all the time with no problems. If I'm wrong about that, I'll retract, but I'm sure. I have 4 rods that I use in the Louisiana Saltmarsh a couple times a year, that' not enough fishing for a reasonable critique, but certainly I've had no grooving or corrosion with mine.

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Re: Pac Bay Minimas
Posted by: Mark Marshall (---.static.kgpt.tn.charter.com)
Date: December 23, 2012 10:27PM

I have recently replaced tips and the first 2 guides on several Fenwick rods from different customers. I cannot say for sure if they were Minimas but they looked like Minimas 3s. These rods were bass rods with a lot of braid line used with the rods.

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Re: Pac Bay Minimas
Posted by: Ross McKay (---.bb.sky.com)
Date: December 24, 2012 10:23AM

Hi all,

Around 90% of the rods I rebuild are done with Minima 4s onto beach (surf) rods here in the UK although I have never seen 1 grooved at all the "rumour" of it has been enough to make people opt for a different tip, I haven't used them long enough personally to see any truth in it,
I have had 0 complaints regarding "grooving".

Thanks

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Re: Pac Bay Minimas
Posted by: bill boettcher (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: December 24, 2012 10:59AM

Scott

here are replacement tops for Fenwick and other rods factory Guess the ones that came with them were not good ??
[www.jannsnetcraft.com]

Bill - willierods.com



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/24/2012 11:00AM by bill boettcher.

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Re: Pac Bay Minimas
Posted by: Eric MONTACLAIR (---.w90-3.abo.wanadoo.fr)
Date: December 24, 2012 11:14AM

All my personnal rods have Minima 4, no issue, I like their low weight.
I wish they made the style F in size 3 (and 4) without this ugly wide foot (a pain to have well packed thread on small diameter tips).

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