now I’m really confused getting my rods repaired this week-end , as a couple of guides- eyes broken , now told there are good and bad ones ,, what do I look for , thanks for advise ,
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June 5th, 2011 at 6:43 am
There is a difference. If you take a piece of a cotton ball and run it through your guides. If it pulls out or catches at all you have a bad guide. As a rule a good quality rod will have good quality guides. Hope this helps.
June 5th, 2011 at 7:26 am
BOBBER has some good info in his answer, thumbs dude.
Look for Fuji guides if available, they are the best made rod guides, in my opinion.
It’s very simple though, really. Cheap guides are cheaply made, expensive guides are made with quality.
June 5th, 2011 at 8:23 am
stainless steel guides are bad, ceramic guides are good.
stainless steel will get worn down to easily and will start to fray your line. ceramic wont get worn down and it will not fray your line (or at least not for a long time). yes, fuji is known yo be the best.
if you use fireline or a lot of braids than it is best to get ceramic because fireline will eat your guides for breakfast.
June 5th, 2011 at 8:53 am
If you’re having a few guides on a rod replaced, then you should just get the ones that match. Whoever is doing the work should know without question which guides are on there. It’s pretty easy to figure out.
Why would you want to get “better” guides than are already on the rod if you’re still going to have the same lower quality guides on the rest of the rod?? I just don’t see the benefit unless you’re going to replace them all.
If you run braid, then you should, like the other answerer mentioned, not get anything less than ceramic ringed guides. Even low end ceramic will grove with most braids. I would ask for Fuji Hardloy (PacBay version is called “Hailoy,” they’re basically the same as the Fuji, but slightly cheaper – unless you really know what the difference is, it’s really hard to tell).
June 5th, 2011 at 8:59 am
here is something that so far isn’t covered in the answers and it’s just a plain “need to know” thing many I see all the time don’t. Along with smashing guides and cracking out the ceramics in pieces the number one way guides are damaged is this: fishermen who will keep their rigs in place and put the hook through the eye and reel up the slack. No matter what the guides are made out of, the hooks barb when slid across a guide sets a rut in it, a kind of divot that when you are fishing and the rod is bent and the lines are tight, causes the line to fray and break. The bad thing is when the line is stretched to it’s max it only breaks when a big fish is hooked. If you are the angler who thinks keeping the tied up rig is good? forget it! if you are the angler who puts their hook through their rod’s eyes? forget it. tie your knots fresh each time out and never tie them on kinked or in line with set-in bends in it. if you are putting the rod back in the box and want to keep a certain bait on it put the hook tip onto the cross bar on the reels base or if you just have to put it near to the eye stick it trough the stanchion that connects the rod to the line guides eye