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Gold Guides
Posted by: Gary Goldsmith (---)
Date: March 17, 2021 10:12PM

I have a friend requesting gold guides on a 6'6" med fast freshwater rod. Any suggestions on where to find gold guides? Thanks. Gary

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Re: Gold Guides
Posted by: Dan Pentecost (---)
Date: March 17, 2021 10:37PM

Gary,

I rebuilt an old Fenwick rod for a friend last summer. Used the PacBay single foot guides in gold color and they were good. Just checked mudhole and they have them in stock. It was an UL spinning rod, but I am sure it they would work for yours also.

Thanks for the tips on my fly rod build

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Re: Gold Guides
Posted by: Spencer Phipps (---)
Date: March 18, 2021 12:32AM

The Pac Bay guides have a much better finish than earlier models did.

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Re: Gold Guides
Posted by: Robert Ford (---)
Date: March 18, 2021 01:24AM

alps has black guides with gold inserts. I just built a rod with them and they look nice. This was spinning.

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Re: Gold Guides
Posted by: Michal Rozycki (193.201.167.---)
Date: March 18, 2021 04:43AM

Fuji SiC guides (KR) are available in gold colored frames.

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Re: Gold Guides
Posted by: Todd Andrizzi (---.slkc.qwest.net)
Date: March 18, 2021 09:51AM

Mudhole has some gold guides with aconite inserts. I used some of their red guides on a spinning rod build and I liked them. I was wrong...just went to muddle site. They have ceramic inserts...Hialoy?. I used the red guides with zirconia inserts. They were nice but not in gold.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/18/2021 09:57AM by Todd Andrizzi.

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