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Bawana · 01-23-2004, 01:52 PM

IMO----How the high frame guides casts depends on how far up the blank you put 40HH guide it usually goes much further up the blank.like 10-12 inches more then a 50 SVLG.Its a totally different principal and works great if set up correctly.I just picked up 3 -9 ft blanks --an Arra 1083 and a Batson 1089 and an amtac 1089 from M+D to see how the Batson and Amtac blanks are as no one would give an opion on them. Would have also picked up batson 10 ft but he was out of them.Think I*ll set the Arra up real light with TICH-40 double foot and then down to TICH single foot guides 30- 25-20-16-12-12-10 and a 10 tip .Bought the sustain 5000fa to use on this.Burled cork rings all glued up just got to drill and ream to mount on blank.Then the hardest part picking colors and a pattern to wrap.The transucent color of these blanks remind me of a fly rod blank and might look good wrapped with no color preserver to make the wraps translucent like classic fly rod look.Anyone tried this??? back to guides---I set up the pac bay 10882f like this except used sic guides and was really impressed with how well it casts small stuff with the 3500BR.How big the first guide is will depend on the size reel you plan on using.I usually use the 40HH guides only on rods 10 ft and above because of the extra distance to the first guide.I also use more guides per rod to keep the line following the blank without the flat spots in line(spinning) or rubbing the blank (casting) guide to guide when there is a load on the blank.Doesnt seem to hurt casting and it distributes the load on the blank better.Where the 1089*s are a heavier blank I may attemt using the 40HH to see how it works.I have only used the SIC ones so I think I will try a set of the Hardaloy fuji ones.I like the Pac-bay sic and tich guides but just dont like the Brown color of the pac bay hialoy.Reminds me of the old Fuji sterite guides.I have done 9 ft rods(the 1088 and the glb1081M and used the 50 BSVLG hardaloy as a first guide and these really cast well.I*d say it was pretty much up to how you want the rod to look and how much you want to spend to get that look.Hope this wasnt to long.

01-23-2004, 01:52 PM	#3
Bawana Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Norwell--E.Wareham Posts: 217	IMO----How the high frame guides casts depends on how far up the blank you put 40HH guide it usually goes much further up the blank.like 10-12 inches more then a 50 SVLG.Its a totally different principal and works great if set up correctly.I just picked up 3 -9 ft blanks --an Arra 1083 and a Batson 1089 and an amtac 1089 from M+D to see how the Batson and Amtac blanks are as no one would give an opion on them. Would have also picked up batson 10 ft but he was out of them.Think Ill set the Arra up real light with TICH-40 double foot and then down to TICH single foot guides 30- 25-20-16-12-12-10 and a 10 tip .Bought the sustain 5000fa to use on this.Burled cork rings all glued up just got to drill and ream to mount on blank.Then the hardest part picking colors and a pattern to wrap.The transucent color of these blanks remind me of a fly rod blank and might look good wrapped with no color preserver to make the wraps translucent like classic fly rod look.Anyone tried this??? back to guides---I set up the pac bay 10882f like this except used sic guides and was really impressed with how well it casts small stuff with the 3500BR.How big the first guide is will depend on the size reel you plan on using.I usually use the 40HH guides only on rods 10 ft and above because of the extra distance to the first guide.I also use more guides per rod to keep the line following the blank without the flat spots in line(spinning) or rubbing the blank (casting) guide to guide when there is a load on the blank.Doesnt seem to hurt casting and it distributes the load on the blank better.Where the 1089s are a heavier blank I may attemt using the 40HH to see how it works.I have only used the SIC ones so I think I will try a set of the Hardaloy fuji ones.I like the Pac-bay sic and tich guides but just dont like the Brown color of the pac bay hialoy.Reminds me of the old Fuji sterite guides.I have done 9 ft rods(the 1088 and the glb1081M and used the 50 BSVLG hardaloy as a first guide and these really cast well.I*d say it was pretty much up to how you want the rod to look and how much you want to spend to get that look.Hope this wasnt to long.