Micro Guides..is This Good??

[ClackerBuzz]

 People are telling me to search. So I search, people tell me to look, so guess what I look. I search out side of the forums and inside. I came up with how to choose a "Guide" and stuff like that. Maybe i'm not searching in the right place. Im not sure but I do have enough Info on why I should by a Duckett now...thought the guides may have served a purpose

are you searching with the Internet or ur toaster?

[Fishes in trees]

I've got a few rods with micro guides.  I have a Falcon Bucoo "trap caster"  7'  MH.   I have a couple of the Wild Carrot Stix Black rods,  a 6'8" and a 7'3".  I like them all, and I think that the Black Carrot Sticks are really sensitive.  I haven't fished with the micro guides in cold weather yet, but I do think that they would be more prone to icing up that standard guides would be.  Regular sprayings of Reel & Line Magic should prevent that, but I don't know yet.

 

On a side note, I could be the last guy in Missouri who hasn't broken their Black Carrot sticks yet.   I had one bud who broke 5 of them and Rogers Lures in Liberty, MO won't sell them anymore, mostly because of breakage issues and the hassle of in-store replacement.  They don't carry the orange ones anymore either, although they still might have a few still around that aren't closed out yet.

 

On a further side note, don't feel bad about not using the search function, I've been chastised a few times myself for the same offense, and I'm OK, and it didn't further damage any self-esteem issues I might have.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

The weight savings of smaller guides isn't weight in hand but rather unnecessary weight on that high performance blank partially deadening it. "micro" guides are not a cure all or magic at all. The guides on any rod should be the smallest, lightest ones that will do the job. Line, connections, conditions (ice & filamentous algae especially) all come into play. I don't care for the generic term "micro" anyway since the term is used for guides from 5.5mm all the way down.

[livetofish28]

Guides are guides I have st croix rages with micros on them I have LTBs with modified micros( I think ) I have Mojos with normal guides on them they all do the same thing and that's keep the line close to the rod blank. Sure micros have it closer but it truly doesn't matter at least to me, you shouldn't pick a rod based on what type of guides it has but by how that rod feels in your hand .

Just my .02

Tight lines

Andrew

[iabass8]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=advantages+of+micro+guides+on+fishing+rods

 

half way down the page you'll see a bassresource link "regular vs micro guides". below that are related topics that have also been discussed on this fourm. directly below that it will say "more results from www.bassresource.com". click that and you will have more info then you could want from one single forum.

[craww]

It makes you wonder, if a lot of micro guide rods have dang near double the guides, are you REALLY saving weight? From a raw material stand point, no.

They're not a deal breaker for me, but having owned the exact rod with and without micros, conventional are my preference.

[fishguy613]

Purchased my first micro guide rod a couple of weeks ago, dobyns savvy 733. Personally i simply see it as a preference thing. I do however feel they assist with guiding fluorocarbon line and managing it slightly, could be wrong. Would probably never buy a micro guide spinning rod though, not sure why