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Popping Rod with Fuji K Guides

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benno_reed:
Hi Guys,

Still getting into this popping caper, but one of my other new hobbies is rod building. Built 5 rods so far, and all I have been really happy, but my next rod will be a popping rod. I will be using the Black Hole 80N blank, and after great experience with K guides on lighter rods (up to PE5), I bought some to use on these rod.

I found this forum after I bought the K guides, but does anyone use them on their popping rods, and have any feedback? I noticed Hot's and Daiwa are both using them, and while they aren't the top of the GT popping tree, they are both quality brands.

I bought the Stainless frame, SiC ring model.

Cheers,
Ben

Brandon Khoo:
I have one GT rod rebuilt with titanium K guides. I find them noisy the way they rattle through the guides but i have to acknowledge that wind knots are reduced very significantly.

benno_reed:
Thanks for the reply Brandon.

I generally use the Titanium K guides for my smaller rods, but i was told they can be a little too flexible for heavier line class. Have you hand any concerns regarding the strength / flexibility of the guides?

And yes, they are great for wind knots. My 15lb tuna rod as the craziest guide layout I have ever seen, but boy does it cast like a rocket, and never a wind knot to be seen! (Maybe Fuji do have an inkling of what they are talking about!!)

Cheers,
Ben

Brandon Khoo:
I know a couple of the manufacturers have eschewed these hooks due to strength concerns. All i can say is they survivied the trip we went on. As to how they would go over a long period, i can't say at this point.

Tak Otsuka:
I'm not sure if any manufacture builds heavy GT rods with K-Guides. With stainless steel K-Guides, a set of 12-40 size is lot heavier than MNSG to use and as Brandon mentioned, many manufactures have concern about strength with titanium K-Guides on heavy rods (not only K-Guides but titanium guides on heavy rod generally).

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