I flattened a few rod guides b

[Darth-Baiter]

I’ll spare you the gory details.  But it involved wind gusts, an elevated boat dock, and me almost flipping in my kayak. I got out of the hairy situation but my Dobyns Sierra suffered a few bent rod-guides.  
 

I just bent them back out and literally caught a bass on the next cast.   Are my guides doomed?  I imagine another bend and they will pop off (work hardened).   Just worry about it later?  I’ll inspect closer later to make sure none of the inner surfaces got chipped. 
 

thoughts?

[dodgeguy]

I had guides bend numerous times. Straightened out and never had an issue. I'm not saying they will never break but hopefully you're ok 

[Deleted account]

I don't know about your rod and guides specifically, but I've straightened many guides in several rods, and most were GTG after that.

[bulldog1935]

I can only think of one bent guide straightened out, and have never thought about it since. 

FWIW, the rod is 13 y-o, and still high on the salt finesse rotation. 

Gotta admit, though, this thread is too creepy to read. 

 

[Ppennin986]

Well hopefully you didn’t get hurt in any way but your guides should be ok as long as the inserts didn’t pop out if they have them inspect those carefully 

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

You’d have to try hard to work harden and brake a quality guide. You should be fine. 

[Darth-Baiter]

Thanks.   All of you!  

[FryDog62]

You’re probably fine unless it’s a Daiwa AGS guide..

[Hulkster]

34 minutes ago, FryDog62 said:

You’re probably fine unless it’s a Daiwa AGS guide..

arent those the ones that St. Croix just started using?

[FryDog62]

I believe so... awesome guides but brittle. I’ve had 2-3 replaced. 

[J Francho]

I've broken a couple of micro guides.  I can't remember who made them, but many rod builders on here were a bit indignant about it being possible.  Glad the OP's are fine.

[QED]

On 6/7/2022 at 7:08 PM, FryDog62 said:

You’re probably fine unless it’s a Daiwa AGS guide..

 

To oversimplify a bit, carbon fiber will fail catastrophically if overstressed but will not really bend in the permanent deformation sense.  BTW, I love the Daiwa AGS guides that came with the St Croix Legend Xtreme rods.

[Chris Catignani]

Pretty sure those are Fuji Alconite guides. If they took a good smack I would look at them close for cracks.

They are tough...but ceramic.