What Fuji Guides on a Light Popping Rod

[BriceBludau]

What guides would you guys recommend for a 25-40# popping rod. 7'10" in length?  Right now I'm looking at the single foot "K" guides, but I don't know the max limits of the single foots. There's really not a rod like this on the US market right now, so I thought I'd look here for advice.

Thanks in advance

[BriceBludau]

I'm actually finding my answer now with the FCL Labo UCB-79, Carpenter Black Current BC79-LR, Zenith Zero ZSS-74ML, etc.. that the single-foot Fujis are fine for what I'm looking to do.

[Brandon Khoo]

Bice, I'd be hesitant to go past about PE3 for this.

[Warwick Joyce]

Brice, if you are still considering single foot guides I would recommend a combination of both double and single. Run the stripper and next guide as doubles and the rest single. I think the only advantage is weight, and if you are building a slower action blank it would be better to save on weight otherwise you will add to the slow action.
My 2 cents anyway

I think the K series are great for up to 40lb

[Mark Harris]

As a buyer, I would not want a rod using a single foot guide (be it K or otherwise) for more than a PE2-3 rating.   Conceptually, I would just not buy into one.

[BriceBludau]

I really want to use the single foot guides so that the rigidity of a double foot doesn't "steal" action from the blank or make it whippy at the top.  I considered doing the double foot stripper as well, but I think I'm going to give the all single lineup a run to start.  I saw singles all the way on most of the rods I researched when making the decision.  The problem is that we don't have a lot of acces to the FCL, Carpenter, etc... here in the US.

[BriceBludau]

As a buyer, I would not want a rod using a single foot guide (be it K or otherwise) for more than a PE2-3 rating.   Conceptually, I would just not buy into one.

This rod is designed for heavy inshore and very light offshore popping.  Mahi-mahi, mackeral, small tuna, and inshore species like bluefish, stripers, and tarpon.  It matched really well with a 4-5000 model Stella (or similar).  PE 2-3 would be right around 25-40lb right???

[Mark Harris]

Yep, or slightly lighter.  40lbs would maybe make me think twice - 20-30lbs wouldn't.  What sort of maximum drag rating are you thinking of?

That is of course me and others may think very differently.

[BriceBludau]

Yep, or slightly lighter.  40lbs would maybe make me think twice - 20-30lbs wouldn't.  What sort of maximum drag rating are you thinking of?

That is of course me and others may think very differently.

Here are the specs I posted on the site:  http://oceantackle.net/Popping_Rods.html

I was able to lift 15lbs off the ground with it, but I wouldn't want people expecting that out of it on a regular basis.  8-10lbs is about right for fighting.  The specs might change a little with the tweaks to the final samples from the prototypes.

I was throwing a Saltist 4500 with it and the reel was a touch too big.  The 4000 Saltist, or a 5000 Shimano would be dead on with 30-40# spectra.