Mud Hole has the SIC option in the MG tip top - [
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I don't know anything about concept O. I've been using these Fugi guides guides and tip tops after consulting a rod builder who is also an instructor for the Mud Hole rod building course as well as a mentor. While I use these, there are many other quality guides out there. My goal for building muskie rods is to use quality parts with no weakest link in any part of a pole. Any pole can be built with cheaply made parts at a fraction of the price of what I spend for parts now. The result of using cheap parts can be a disaster at the time you have your biggest muskie on the line. When I started muskie fishing after retiring from the Navy, I bought what I could afford. Now, I have better equipment and there's really a difference. All of my early rods have been retired due to guide failures, one reel seat failure or outright breakage. I bought newer and quality branded rods along the but none measure up to the rods I've built in the last year. Once you start building, you see the difference in quality parts, performance, and construction.
