I've recently started putting the 30/10 on a few of my new beach rods and I really need to upload some photos of the builds.
I was slightly apprehensive about using them at first. Dont get me wrong, all my inshore rods use the Microwave guides so I am quite familiar with the eyes and their performance but most beach rods use a 50 for the first guide, or a 30 at least. I purchased the 30/10 set and wrapped both a 12 and 14 foot rod.
I used an 8000 Penn Battle with 20lb Powerpro and a plain old Zara Spook when I tested the 12 foot rod behind my house in my canal. I put 120 yards of Powerpro on top of 20lb mono and into a brisk wind, I was able to easily cast the Spook 100 yards. With the wind, all 120 yards of Powerpro came off the reel and probably 50 yards of mono came off the reel as well. These were both totally effortless casts.
I'm always trying something different with all my build and I mix and match various eye combinations (like the first 3 eyes of a Microwave set and 7 CRB Nano Micro Guides on a 7' foot inshore rod, 11 eyes total with tip top) but this 30/10 set is something I cannot improve on.
I'll be interested in trying out the MW25 eyes on both an inshore and beach rod build.
Tony Boschi
Banana River Rods
Merritt Island, Florida
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