Spinning rod with micro guides... ?

[trevor]

Isn't that kind of counterintuitive? You have line coming off in large coils, trying to squeeze through little guides. 

[S Hovanec]

The micros are only used as the running guides on spinning rods.  You still have 2 or 3 high frame guides to 'tame' the line down to the micros.

[bilgerat]

I would not want them on a spinning rod. I use braid with a leader and even with the lowest profile leader knot I think casting performance would suffer.

[trevor]

The micros are only used as the running guides on spinning rods. You still have 2 or 3 high frame guides to 'tame' the line down to the micros.

Okay, that makes sense. I thought they were all micro guides.

[Wayne P.]

I have a Ducket spinning rod and use superline with a 20# fluourcarbon leader. It casts just as well as my other spiinning rods with the same line/leader.

[The Rooster]

I have a Ducket spinning rod and use superline with a 20# fluourcarbon leader. It casts just as well as my other spiinning rods with the same line/leader.

Does it cast any better though??

[trevor]

I have a Ducket spinning rod and use superline with a 20# fluourcarbon leader. It casts just as well as my other spiinning rods with the same line/leader.

Does it cast any better though??

Even if they don't cast better they're lighter. Not that I would get one, but the weight is one of the big perks.

[Wayne P.]

Well, the lure I am throwing gets to where I am throwing to. Pretting much the same as my other rods. That makes it just as good, it can't get any better.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Micro guides provide the same benefits (weight savings, casting accuracy and possibly distance) on a spinning rod as they do on a baitcast rod. Leader knots always need to be considered, but I find that a well tied Albright between 50lb braid and 17lb mono pass through a size 4 guide with no ill effects and this heavier than most would put on a spinning rig.

[flechero]

Properly choked, you will have no loss of casting distance.