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Been out for awhile, would like some input!
Posted by:
Miles Miller
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Date: April 18, 2014 01:41PM
Hey everyone! Been out of rod building for a few years and I am trying to get back into. I have done a lot of research the past week on my down time, and I actually took the guides off a spinning rod without damaging the blank!
The rod I took the guides off was the first rod I ever built, so it wasn't my best work. One of the guides was actually popping out due to a loose wrapping job. I built this rod back in '06 so the guides are very much out of date. So I am wondering what type, size, and how many guides I should be putting back on it. The rod is a 6ft, medium power, fast action. I use a 2500 size reel(6-10lb), and sometimes 20lb braid with a fluoro leader. I will be throwing flukes and senkos mainly. Oh and the blank is what you would get in the old Cabela's starter kit, so it's probably a basic im6 blank. I am aiming towards Fuji Hardloy guides, but I dont know what style, size, or how many I should put on. I can do a static test to see how many guides, but besides that I am hoping I can get some ideas on the other aspects. Searching the forum has helped a lot but not for a question this specific. Thanks and I look forward to seeing what everyone has to say! Re: Been out for awhile, would like some input!
Posted by:
Donald R Campbell
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Date: April 18, 2014 01:59PM
Miles,
If you have tried them you might consider using American Tackle's MicroWave Guides. All of my customers now request them on their spinning rods. Don Campbell don@sensorfishingrods.com Re: Been out for awhile, would like some input!
Posted by:
Chad Hefflinger
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Date: April 18, 2014 06:03PM
I second the microwave guides, I also really like the nano micro spinning set, and Kigan also makes some nice guides Re: Been out for awhile, would like some input!
Posted by:
Miles Miller
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Date: April 21, 2014 06:32PM
I looked into the microwave guides and I am up for trying them out. I work at Academy and we just got a house brand rod that has the microwave guides on them, pretty cool!
I saw them on Jannsnetcraft as a kit for $34, no dimensions or anything so I am kinda cautious on buying them. I might just go with the NGC cause that will still be a huge upgrade from what I had. The rod had starting guide size of 30. With that being said, if I do the standard NGC what size guides should I use? I was thinking starting with 25 cause I don't know If 20 would be too small. Lastly, where does everyone buy their stuff? I have only used Jannsnetcraft. Any input would be awesome, I need to figure some of this out before I purchase the supplies I need! Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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