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Posted by:
john ratcliff
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Date: January 03, 2015 05:03PM
hey guys
I've always used REC guides but I'm looking to build a 3# fly rod for a friend and he wants it to be as light as possible. who makes the lightest guides? I'm looking at Alps, forecast and REC. if I need to look at other brands let me know. tell me what you think. Re: lightest fly guides
Posted by:
Phil Erickson
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Date: January 03, 2015 05:23PM
Batson single foot light wire guides. Re: lightest fly guides
Posted by:
Phil Ewanicki
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Date: January 03, 2015 06:34PM
The REC light duty snake guides are pretty darn light, although the builder would be wise to put Forhan wraps on each foot of every guide, since they are very flexible and can back out from under the thread wraps when pressure is applied parallel to the rod axis. This flexibility also allows the rod to flex more easily under the guide, which seems like a very good thing. Still, it is far beyond the limits of human senses to feel the difference in weight between two different 2/0 snake guides, or two piles, each consisting of seven different snake guides. Re: lightest fly guides
Posted by:
Michael Danek
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Date: January 03, 2015 07:35PM
Phil, maybe I'm a little tired, but it is not obvious to me how to put a Forhan locking wrap on a snake guide. What am I missing? Re: lightest fly guides
Posted by:
roger wilson
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Date: January 03, 2015 08:06PM
Michael,
To do a locking guide on a 2 foot snake guide, I would guess (since I have never done it, would be to cut off enough thread to finish your wrap. Then, use your fingers to hold thread pressure and each turn of the rod, thread the thread inside the guide to form the lock on the end of the wrap. You only have to do about 3 turns, so in theory, should not be too difficult. Be safe Re: lightest fly guides
Posted by:
Eugene Moore
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Date: January 03, 2015 08:22PM
John,
Recoil light wire single foot titanium. You're already at the correct place. Gene Re: lightest fly guides
Posted by:
john ratcliff
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Date: January 03, 2015 08:43PM
thank you guy. I hope you all are off to a great 2015 and you have been able to stay flu free. Re: lightest fly guides
Posted by:
Michal Rozycki
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Date: January 04, 2015 04:07PM
REC Recoil guides are the lightest, however "lite wire" guides available from Batson, ATC or Pacific Bay are also very light. In your hand you would be probably unable to tell the difference. REC guides - again - are the lightest and are also higly flexible. Besides lite wire steel guides are available only as snake guides, while lite single foot - only Recoil. Take your pick :-)
Cheers, Michal P.S. Flu free Re: lightest fly guides
Posted by:
Phil Erickson
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Date: January 04, 2015 04:15PM
Michal, not true....light wire Batson guides are available in single foot. Re: lightest fly guides
Posted by:
Bill Hickey
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Date: January 05, 2015 07:24AM
Snake Brand Universal light weights, best double foot on market for light weight rods. The Snake Brand are expensive, but they have a very small foot print on the blank, are concave and have a very low profle. Re: lightest fly guides
Posted by:
Phil Erickson
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Date: January 05, 2015 11:30PM
Double foot is NOT the lightest way to go! The extra wrap needed weighs more than the guide. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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