Matt48

They absolutely have gone out of there way to try and help me but the problem is still unsolved. Like you said I’m pretty positive it isn’t a chipped guide issue since its 5 brand new rods and I’ve checked all of them with a q tip and magnifying glass. I usually use suffix advance but I have also tried FC Sniper. I have respooled countless times with brand new 14-18lb test and have had the issue with both brands. I also use Diawa Baitcasters. I can’t even see the fray with my eyes or feel it with my fingers. But i can surely feel it and here it when I am reeling it through my guides. After about an hour of fishing I start hearing it in the first 5 ft of my line and the it slowly works it’s way up my line and gets worse throughout the day until eventually my whole spool is grinding through the guides. I’m just confused because I have a friend who has the same rods with the same problem. But Ark acted like I was the first person to ever mention the issue to them and everyone on this site says they love them.

I’ve used line that is only a couple months old and stored in the original packaging in my boat. I’ve also tried a few different brands of fluorocarbon and still had the issue.

Okay I have bought multiple ark rods and I use to love them until I have came across a major issue. Most of my ark rods are fraying my fluorocarbon very badly. At the end of a day of fishing my my line is grinding through the eyelids so bad you don’t even want to fish with it. At first I figured I got some rods with defects in the guides and sent them back to new ones and the same exact thing is happening will all of the new ones. I can’t figure out if it’s the guides they are using or what. It seems to be worse in the reinforcer and Tharp honey badger series. I just can’t believe they are selling rods that fray your line after a day of fishing! Does anyone have answers or have had this issue with Ark Rods?