Surf Guide Question

Driftwood 9/9/2009, 4:43 pm

I have noticed on some custom surf rods that the guide closest to the reel seat is reverse mounted, or mounted upside down. Can anyone explain the reasoning for this or the advantages? I have only built a couple of surf rods and am interested in honing my skills. Thanks

fish factor 9/10/2009, 1:40 pm

i know when this is done it helps stiffin up the lowwer section of the rod a lil bit Surf Guide Question 870783

mike garone 9/11/2009, 1:02 pm

The reason is that it is supposed to help keep the line from piling up and getting wind knots on the stripper. I dont know how effective this is or if it works at all. I think most guys do it cause it looks different.

I don't think it could stiffen up the rod in the butt section at all.

fish factor 9/11/2009, 3:14 pm

sounds good to me never saw a true benift from it

jkrodnrigs 9/17/2009, 10:02 pm

are you talking about the fuji low rider guides the first guide is about a 20 and they are made for braid. I have three rods like this and love them.

asbury guy 12/19/2009, 2:57 pm

I would like to see a pic of that becouse i never noticed that type of set up. In the dark you don't see much any way.

Bluesfish 12/19/2009, 6:20 pm

asbury guy wrote:I would like to see a pic of that becouse i never noticed that type of set up. In the dark you don't see much any way.

asbury gut..you can kinda see em in these pic's confused

From what I understand..It is suppose to help the braided line get off the reel and out through the tip w/ less coiling to the first eye whitch is at the bottom of the top peice of the rod. It olny works on the longer rods using heaver lures or bait.

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asbury guy 12/19/2009, 6:38 pm

that is the concept system. They do that becouse the stripper guide is so small the line won't hit the frame before it goes thru the guide. Austrailins are a little backwards LOL only kidding.

asbury guy 12/19/2009, 6:45 pm

I fish an area with a guy that has a guide service and he field tests these rods. He guided a guy 2 years ago to catch the world record weakfish using these rods. They cast far but they have ceramic insides and that is a no no for me. Titanium wire guides for me. You get just a tiny chip in that guide and the braid will bust.

woodwker99 10/5/2010, 11:05 pm

From what the people at Lamglas told me, the new Fuji concept low rider guides have to have the stripper guide reversed to keep the line from wrapping around it during the cast. some rods even have the second gatherer reversed as well for the same reason. (this may explain why they are now going to the new K guides.

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