2012年02月10日
Guide to rod guides.
Currently there are many rod guide sizes and types out there. But my favorite brand of fishing rods, Breaden has long been using extra small guides on their rods for a very long time now. The thing is guide setting can make or break a great rod blank. On light game rods such as what we use this guide setting is key to having the perfect rod.
the GRF-TR 68 Strange guides next to a minimaru. Just shows how small in diameter these guides are.
There was a lot of resistance when these rods first came out. A lot of people resisted just by looking at the guide sizes of rods such as the GRF-TR 68 Strange that the use of micro sized guides would not let the main lines flow smoothly out. Or that it would kill the distance.
Let me tell you from my own experience, I have rods that are larger guides, or laydown guides, in similar length rods using the same line and I have never felt or seen any difference in distance. But a lot of the problem lies in the fact that most people are afraid to use thin 2lb fluro lines or extra thin PEs in the 0.3~0.6 range.
The SWG-BG74 Swinging. Although this isnt a casting rod it still benifits from the micro guides. I actually use this rod for Mebaru fishing all the time.
In reality because the use of micro guides the tip doesn’t vibrate unnecessarily so you get a more accurate and longer distance cast. Also, because the Breaden rods not only have micro guides they also have more guides than usual. So this makes full use of the blanks power.
Another benifit is that since the guides are small they don't weigh much. It only takes a tiny bit of force to move the tip because of the smaller weight and that can be felt very easily making the tip end of the rod much more sensitive than those with traditional guides.
This shows the difference in guides. In order from the top: GRF-TR 68, AJ 610, GRF-TX74MX, VLL-73T
As you can see above, the AJ and the VLL are huge in diameter compared to the GRF rods.
Recently this kind of guide theory has been used on UFM ueda rods, golden mean ajing rods, and many others. But the big thing this year was the introduction of Fuji guides KR concept guides.
http://www.fujitackle.com/krc/krc6.html
Basically a new version of the K guides. The new feature here is that they kept most of the guides from the belly to the tip the similar or same diameter. This differs from past common concepts where the butt guide was large diameter and gradually got smaller.
In this new guide theory it's get the line loops straight as soon as possible. But because this line is choked down quickly the line rubs against the guides and the sound makes people think that distance is being lost. In reality it's just an illusion and there is very little distance lost.
So the benefit here is that you lose a lot of the guide weight. What does that mean for you and I?
It means that the rod gets lighter, you can even use more guides and that means you can use the full potential power of the rod blank.
Major makers are finally starting to use the same concepts that breaden has been using for almost 6 years now. The choke guides on most breaden rods have always been very small in diameter.
So all that to say when choosing a rod it's important to not only look at the action, tip material, power and taper but also the guide set as this can change your fishing into a whole new realm of distance, accuracy and sensitivity.
the GRF-TR 68 Strange guides next to a minimaru. Just shows how small in diameter these guides are.
There was a lot of resistance when these rods first came out. A lot of people resisted just by looking at the guide sizes of rods such as the GRF-TR 68 Strange that the use of micro sized guides would not let the main lines flow smoothly out. Or that it would kill the distance.
Let me tell you from my own experience, I have rods that are larger guides, or laydown guides, in similar length rods using the same line and I have never felt or seen any difference in distance. But a lot of the problem lies in the fact that most people are afraid to use thin 2lb fluro lines or extra thin PEs in the 0.3~0.6 range.
The SWG-BG74 Swinging. Although this isnt a casting rod it still benifits from the micro guides. I actually use this rod for Mebaru fishing all the time.
In reality because the use of micro guides the tip doesn’t vibrate unnecessarily so you get a more accurate and longer distance cast. Also, because the Breaden rods not only have micro guides they also have more guides than usual. So this makes full use of the blanks power.
Another benifit is that since the guides are small they don't weigh much. It only takes a tiny bit of force to move the tip because of the smaller weight and that can be felt very easily making the tip end of the rod much more sensitive than those with traditional guides.
This shows the difference in guides. In order from the top: GRF-TR 68, AJ 610, GRF-TX74MX, VLL-73T
As you can see above, the AJ and the VLL are huge in diameter compared to the GRF rods.
Recently this kind of guide theory has been used on UFM ueda rods, golden mean ajing rods, and many others. But the big thing this year was the introduction of Fuji guides KR concept guides.
http://www.fujitackle.com/krc/krc6.html
Basically a new version of the K guides. The new feature here is that they kept most of the guides from the belly to the tip the similar or same diameter. This differs from past common concepts where the butt guide was large diameter and gradually got smaller.
In this new guide theory it's get the line loops straight as soon as possible. But because this line is choked down quickly the line rubs against the guides and the sound makes people think that distance is being lost. In reality it's just an illusion and there is very little distance lost.
So the benefit here is that you lose a lot of the guide weight. What does that mean for you and I?
It means that the rod gets lighter, you can even use more guides and that means you can use the full potential power of the rod blank.
Major makers are finally starting to use the same concepts that breaden has been using for almost 6 years now. The choke guides on most breaden rods have always been very small in diameter.
So all that to say when choosing a rod it's important to not only look at the action, tip material, power and taper but also the guide set as this can change your fishing into a whole new realm of distance, accuracy and sensitivity.
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