Fuji makes KR belly guides. They have longer feet for more strength in the midsection of the rod. I will mainly be fishing the open beach with this and I have O Sea D about my fishing rods so tripping or the car door knocking my guides loose is not a concern. I'm only interested in rod performance with this one. I am leaning toward trying this since my 9 foot casts so well. Knots passing through
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I normally use a short leader and am not concerned about it going through the guides. Just the braid going through. Dave, I built a 9 foot rod this way and the tip is larger than the runners and I have no issue with it. Chris and Bill, I am not building for show I want this thing to cast a mile. I agree that the weight of the guides may be negligible with respect to the overall rod weight but
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Does anyone have any experience or an opinion on using micro guides on an 11 foot rod? I've used them on a 9 foot rod and it casts great. I spoke to someone at Mudhole and he said it could be a problem if the reel is large and sits far off the blank. It won't line up correctly with the first guide. He said testing showed you shouldn't really go larger than about a 4000 size spinning reel with t
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Probably 2 to 4 ounces. Even though the Lamiglass is rated higher most people that fish with them say it is best 1 or 2 to 5 ounces. I'm hoping someone has used one of these Pac Bays. I'm interested to know if it can compare to the Lamiglass or if it is too light (for lack of a better word) to launch a plug out past the bar in tough conditions.
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Does anyone have any experience with Pacific Bay x2gsu110h-2 11 foot 20-40lb 2-6oz tip 8 butt 0.76 wt 9.3. I am on the fence between that and the Lamiglass gsb1321m. The specs are very similar. 11 ft, 40lb, 4-12 lure wt ( though I've read it's really lighter than that), tip 11, butt 0.84, wt 9&1/8 oz. I am building an 11 ft striper surf rod and was looking to save a few bucks but don't want t
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