with microguides. Pros or cons?
with microguides. Pros or cons?
My 2 cents is that I did not like them. I was using 20# Floro and it was too big in diameter and as a result slowed the bait down too much for me. I'm not a fan.
Probably fine for lighter line but I don't see the value in them personally. Distance has never been an issue with my Revo's and Winch's. I tried them purely for storage and guide protection purposes thinking smaller was less likely to get damaged and that was the case but they did not support what I was trying to do so for me it was a failed effort.
Returned them and went back to conventional guides. Not looked back since.
Chuck D
(Currently shopping for my next bass boat)
<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by lknbassman »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">My 2 cents is that I did not like them. I was using 20# Floro and it was too big in diameter and as a result slowed the bait down too much for me. I'm not a fan.
Probably fine for lighter line but I don't see the value in them personally.
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I dont personally own a rod with micros at this point, and if conventional guides work well for you, then certainly stick with it. I would tend to agree that large diameter line would not work well with micros. But, I talked with Boyd Ducket at a seminar he spoke at and he said he put them on his rods because the micro guides reduce "line slap" as the line travels out through the guides. KVD said that he likes the concept, but he thinks that when you fish in our part of the country (north) in the very early season and very late season...they would ice up on you and just be too problemactic.
I personally like the one I have. I bought the skeet reese heavy cover with micro guides. It does a great job but dont really see a huge benifit. Sometimes with bigger guides the line does get wrapped around the guides but only if im not paying attention or its really windy when im flipping. The micro guides are a lot closer than my other flipping sticks. Biggest fish I caught on it since I got it was a 6.7 with 45# braid. My braid has plenty of room and I never feel the line grab the guides.
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