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| Rod Building So, you've landed a nice fish on a plug you made, eh? Now, the next step, building your own RODS! |
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07-31-2007, 10:39 AM
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Night Stalker
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Wire Guides and Braid
Are wire guides fine for braided line as long as you have a tip guide that will support braid? I've always thought of them as only being good for mono but have heard differing opinions recently.
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07-31-2007, 10:42 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
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braid will eat wire guides. just look at what braid does to a VS line roller. And that is made of titanium.
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07-31-2007, 11:14 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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Mono eats wire guides, so braid will just do it faster. Before ceramics came out, I'd get maybe two seasons out of a set of wire guides. The ones nearest the tip groove first, but eventually you'll replace them all, so I always did the whole set.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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07-31-2007, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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yes, ss/wire guide will wear faster. also, you do not need guide sizes as large as the old school mono belief w/ braid.
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07-31-2007, 02:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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My collector is a 25 on my go-to rod.  Smokes w/braid... RS SU1088
Last edited by JFigliuolo; 07-31-2007 at 02:40 PM..
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