Crome guides vs alcolite vs Sic
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Topic: Crome guides vs alcolite vs Sic
Posted By: Pigsticka
Subject: Crome guides vs alcolite vs Sic
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2017 at 4:15pm
| Got a 7ft overhead rod,has chrome guides,thinking of replacing them not sure which ones to replace them with, any advice is much appreciated thanks. |
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Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2017 at 5:48pm
sic are the best but can be delicate.......esp on the bricks.....expensive........the chinese hard /chrome guides out of china are crap........Fuji Alconites are bloody good.....great for your jelly tip mate which swings both ways. ....just tell the dood you want to use for both spin and overhead.------------- Once the idiots turn up..Im outta here...No time for Drama Queens. |
Posted By: Pigsticka
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2017 at 10:02pm
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laidbackdood wrote:Posted By: muchalls
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2017 at 10:46pm
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Having built a couple of fly rods using some basic jigs, it's not too hard. But don't do what the builder of my Abu Veritas did and allow epoxy to run into the guide. It then cracked at some point and took a couple of bust-offs to realise the problem.   
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