Rod building Thread, Perfection my ass! in Fishing Related; lately all the rods I've been building I've been using higher end guides, And man I've become spoiled. I'm doing ...  | | 
Mar-12-2008, 01:25 PM
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#1 | | Captain
Name: Bill Age: 53 Vessel: sold it Location: Casa DE Oro Job:contractor/Rod Wrapper
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lately all the rods I've been building I've been using higher end guides, And man I've become spoiled. I'm doing a couple of rods now and the customer is bustin' cheapo and (sorry Chris  ) just wants to use Perfection guides  These things are pure crap, The rings are welded crooked, The feet are bent and burred, It takes longer to dress one of these POS than it does to wrap 3 of the higher end guides.. OK rant off back to work
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Mar-12-2008, 01:58 PM
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#2 | | Family First....
Name: Gary Vessel: Zziplex XTR & M427 Location: San Antonio Job:Sales,rod wrapping
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Sounds like an extra upcharge.....
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Mar-12-2008, 02:06 PM
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#3 | | Captain
Name: Art Vessel: yakity yak yakity yak Location: Chula Vista Job:BLADES Bio: DODO on the Skippy
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Bill; what higher end guides do you use?
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Mar-12-2008, 02:14 PM
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#4 | | RandMade Custom Rods
Name: Randy Age: 48 Vessel: Parker 2520XLD with twin 150's, Malibu Location: Temecula Job:Professional Rapper
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Bill,
That's exactly why I rarely use them. They do work OK but I too think the quality of them sucks big time. I only use them nowadays if a customer absolutely insists on them. Randy.
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Mar-12-2008, 02:33 PM
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#5 | | Captain
Name: Bill Age: 53 Vessel: sold it Location: Casa DE Oro Job:contractor/Rod Wrapper
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Originally Posted by aguachico  Bill; what higher end guides do you use? | I've been using a lot of Alps guides, They are great, You dont hardly have to do anything to them. The underside of the feet are concave to match the radius of a rod etc. etc. These perfection pieces of crap are a couple of stainless wires welded together and cut to size with dikes or something. The extra time it takes to grind and bend them into the proper shape makes them cost more than good guides. I'm done with them after these 2 rods I'm doing now
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Mar-12-2008, 02:35 PM
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#6 | | Captain
Name: Bill Age: 53 Vessel: sold it Location: Casa DE Oro Job:contractor/Rod Wrapper
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Originally Posted by Zombie Bill,
That's exactly why I rarely use them. They do work OK but I too think the quality of them sucks big time. I only use them nowadays if a customer absolutely insists on them. Randy. | Next time I have a customer insist on using them, I'll send him to you I aint messin with them anymore
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Mar-12-2008, 02:57 PM
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#7 | | Captain
Name: Art Vessel: yakity yak yakity yak Location: Chula Vista Job:BLADES Bio: DODO on the Skippy
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Originally Posted by SALTYDAWG I've been using a lot of Alps guides, They are great, You dont hardly have to do anything to them. The underside of the feet are concave to match the radius of a rod etc. etc. These perfection pieces of crap are a couple of stainless wires welded together and cut to size with dikes or something. The extra time it takes to grind and bend them into the proper shape makes them cost more than good guides. I'm done with them after these 2 rods I'm doing now | Thanks Bill; I thought I was upgrading when I switched to Perfection from Varmac. Will give the Alps a try.
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Mar-12-2008, 03:20 PM
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#8 | | Captain
Name: Bill Age: 53 Vessel: sold it Location: Casa DE Oro Job:contractor/Rod Wrapper
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Originally Posted by aguachico Thanks Bill; I thought I was upgrading when I switched to Perfection from Varmac. Will give the Alps a try. | Yeah Art, Alps, Fugi etc, There are a lot of good ones and theyre more expensive but worth the extra I think. Pac Bay and perfection suck
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Mar-12-2008, 03:31 PM
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#9 | | Pelagic Terminator
Name: Jim Age: 53 Vessel: Partial to the American Angler Location: Poway, Ca. Job:What's that? - you mean taking care of the wife so I can fish Bio: Hoping one of my fishing partners gets home safe from looking for Osama. Rangers Lead the Way. Sua Sponte
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Bill ,
Are you using the XN guides?
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Mar-12-2008, 03:32 PM
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#10 | | Captain
Name: Bill Age: 53 Vessel: sold it Location: Casa DE Oro Job:contractor/Rod Wrapper
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Originally Posted by titan05 Bill ,
Are you using the XN guides? | Dunno, Whats an XN guide?
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Mar-12-2008, 04:21 PM
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#11 | | Pelagic Terminator
Name: Jim Age: 53 Vessel: Partial to the American Angler Location: Poway, Ca. Job:What's that? - you mean taking care of the wife so I can fish Bio: Hoping one of my fishing partners gets home safe from looking for Osama. Rangers Lead the Way. Sua Sponte
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I was looking at the Alps guides at Batson....was just curious.
Do you have a link for the guides?
Thanks
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Mar-12-2008, 05:01 PM
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#12 | | Captain
Name: Bill Age: 53 Vessel: sold it Location: Casa DE Oro Job:contractor/Rod Wrapper
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Originally Posted by titan05 I was looking at the Alps guides at Batson....was just curious.
Do you have a link for the guides?
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