Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
Popping Rod with Fuji K Guides
Tak Otsuka:
I remember he mentioned that he gets more distance with normal MNSG.
--- Quote from: Jon Li on December 08, 2011, 12:52:51 AM ---Konishi-san is of the opinion that Fuji K guides are OK for rods below PE4 in line rating and MNSC guides are still better for rods with line rating of PE4 n above .
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BriceBludau:
OTI uses K series guides on our Tuna Sniper popping line. We have hundreds of Bluefin tuna over 200lbs on the 76XXH. I have never had a rod returned due to guide failure.
The extra cost is most likely the reason for production builders sticking with the standard framed Fujis. I personally like the extra height off the blank I get with a K series 40 over the MN series 40 as the stripper. For a custom rod, to save a little cash, you can do K series in 40 and 30 as your first two and regular MN's the rest of the way.
After the 40, the weight difference is not much, so I have chosen to stick with K's for the new Tuna Sniper line coming out.
Mark Harris:
Brice, you really think premium manufacturers like Carpenter and Ripple Fisher would care about a little bit of extra cost for a K guide? No way.
Even if it did add cost, that would go onto the retail price of the rod. At that level of the market consumers are not especially sensitive to small moves in price.
BriceBludau:
I'm really not sure. It was more speculation than anything. I haven't had failures with MNSG or KWSG guides on our popping rods. I personally like the K series because we do a lot of drift fishing, so sometimes you'll get in a wind that's crossing the current. That makes the perfect scenario for wind knots and line whip. I've broken leaders and lost lures because of this and found that the K series greatly reduced the problem, even when I tried to create it testing them out.
Either way, the MN's are proven and the K's are a cool advancement.
Kenny Koh Kee Koong:
Very good info
I think I have seen some new hot's popping rod that came with K guides
Have anyone tried them before
Sorry I couldn't remember the model number
Tks
Kenny
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