I am building an e glass cranking rod with micro guides and I need a size 8 tip top. The biggest I found are 6.5, are you guys still splitting the tubes so they fit the larger blanks? Or, have you come up with another way?
Thanks,
Steve

Many are now wrapping the appropriate sized guide at the tip, instead of a tip top.

Chris

We sell a sz 07 tube with a sz 04 ring made by Kigan. It's the largest micro tip tube size that I know of.

Lance

I would use the smallest size ring in an 8 tube I could find as long as it didn't look out of place. The rod won't know it...

Chuck

Several years ago, before tip tops with large tube sizes became available, I started wrapping on a running guide for tip tops and have learned to love the clean look. They hold up fine and I’ve never had an issue. They are also considerably lighter. It takes a bit of practice to get them right, but worth the trouble.

Steve,
Another option is to split the tube of a smaller top and then wrap up the pieces to fasten them to the blank. Not optimal but it is effective.

Kind Regards,

Brook Oliva
Mud Hole Custom Tackle, Inc.
brook@mudhole.com
(866)-790-RODS