A Star deluxe Spinning rod with stainless ring guides. How well will they hold up to braid? I've alway's used the rod with mono only but now have the need to use it with braid. Maybe 20lbs of drag.
Should I just strip it and put SIC guides on or will the Stainless last a while. Thanks for any help.
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JLW,
Even if the stainless guides last a while you'll always have to wonder when they'll dig in and cut your braid. I'd go SIC or nitride to play it safe with all that drag.
Dom
Quote from: broadway on June 20, 2012, 03:18:16 AM
I'd go SIC or nitride to play it safe with all that drag. Dom
Man doesn't anyone live on the edge anymore? :o
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20# of drag is quite high, I would switch out to at least aluminum oxide or hardloy. i believe ti coated guides will be fine. Those usually have a golden color to the guid ring.
If you want to stay old school, I'd use Carbide guides from the old Mildred company. Great guides for old-school wire frame guides.
Quote from: jlw1972 on June 20, 2012, 01:17:44 AM
A Star deluxe Spinning rod with stainless ring guides. How well will they hold up to braid? I've alway's used the rod with mono only but now have the need to use it with braid. Maybe 20lbs of drag.
Should I just strip it and put SIC guides on or will the Stainless last a while. Thanks for any help.
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A lot of my rods have SS guilds and I've been using spectra for years. Zero issues. There was some "knockoff" SS guilds that were trouble a few years ago. If you have the "knockoffs", you would know it by just spooling line through the guilds one time.
If you are using uncoated braid, I'd switch. If you are using coated, then it should be okay, but I'd watch it after each fishing trip.
Thanks for the input. I'll fish em until I see a problem. Thanks again.
JLW,
I hope you don't get that "big one" that decides to run hard, saw into your guide, and fray your braid to the point of no return because you will kick yourself... esp. since you will be able to go back to this thread.
There are already so many variables in "catching" I like to eliminate the what-ifs.
Best of luck,
Dom