Hi everyone. I'm building a 9' 9wt salt water rod and had a question about guide sizes. I'm using American Tackle TITAN guides. The sizes I thought I would use are: 16-12-10-8-8-7-7-7-6-6 with a TITAN S.S. LITE tip top size 6. I'm using 10wt AirFlo 40+ line. Do these guides seem to small at size 6? Thanks, Jamie
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The hair dryer worked great. I heated the area and scraped with a wooden popsicle stick...the knife kept melting. When I had it fairly smooth, I used Goof-Off and it took the rest right off. A little car wax and it looks like the guides were never there! Great stuff... Thanks for your help!
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I had to remove a few guides. What is the best way to remove 2 part Flex Coat? Jamie
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I thought that I read about this on this board, but I searched and couldn't find it. My question is this: Is it OK to set the guides a little to the left of center? In other words, with the guides facing up and sighting along the rod, the guides are a smidgen to the left of the center line. I would think that this might help the right hand caster because when casting a fly rod, the wrist alwa
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Thank you all for your responses. I think I'll let the silver show through on this rod, but next time I'll try the Sharpie. Jamie
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I'm using black guide guides on my rod with no cp. I found that the grinded part of the foot (black finish removed) is highly noticeable through the thread. What do you guys do in this situation? I was thinking to just grind the black off the part of the foot that is under the thread. Thanks - Jamie
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