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Saltwater single foot guide
Posted by:
wes morikawa
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Date: September 09, 2014 01:57AM
What options are available now that Fuji no longer has their heavier duty single foot guides available? Re: Saltwater single foot guide
Posted by:
Capt Neil Faulkner
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Date: September 09, 2014 07:52AM
Hi,
I use the single foot Alconites all the time. I build mostly salt water rods. No problem. Capt Neil Faulkner Re: Saltwater single foot guide
Posted by:
Don @ American Tackle
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Date: September 09, 2014 08:58AM
Check out the American Tackle A-Frame Titans..... Super strong, super light, and affordable (for titanium). _______________________________ God Bless, Don Morse 800-516-1750 ext. 1207 / don@americantackle.us Rod Building..... It's What We Do. Re: Saltwater single foot guide
Posted by:
Eric Viburs
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Date: September 09, 2014 04:59PM
REC Recoil, Re: Saltwater single foot guide
Posted by:
Bill Falconer
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Date: September 09, 2014 06:06PM
+1 on the Fujis. I have used both SIC LSG/TLSG and Alconite CLAG single foots for 12+ years in the saltwater. I don't know how many I've wrapped on rods but it easily numbers over 1,000. If you rinse them regularly, you will have no corrosion issues even with the non-titanium frames. And in all that time I have never had a guide ring pop out or a Fuji guide otherwise fail. That's a great track record.
The newer ICLSGs are also very promising but they have not been around long enough yet to make any bold claims. But you are treading firm ground with the SICs and Alconites. I think it is great that 'heavy framed' guides are available and I've used some of them. But I've also landed 8' sharks on rods with CLAG 7 running guides so unless you are going to rough them up in and out of rod lockers, or pound them against the kayak or canoe gunwale, or stomp on them on the casting deck the beefier frames may be overkill in my experience. I realize I probably sound like I'm on the Fuji payroll, but the simple fact is that they have worked really well for me. I have tried just about everything else out there and nobody else's guides have a zero failure rate for me yet - and that's using a much smaller sample size so fewer opportunities for defects. So, I use the Fujis whenever possible. Hope this helps. Re: Saltwater single foot guide
Posted by:
wes morikawa
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Date: September 12, 2014 06:43PM
thanks for the replies I will check them all out and report back Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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