Micro Guides

Micro Guides are ideal for reduced weight and increased castability. Characterized by their miniscule insert rings, Micro Guides are very possibly the biggest innovation since the Fuji Concept System in the late 1990’s. Although small super light weight guides aren’t new to the fishing rod industry as they had been being used quite extensively in the 80’s and 90’s in Europe for carp rods. The main difference in today’s guides are that they are the lowest possible frames and smallest rings available for the application the end user has in mind. This certainly doesn’t mean that everyone should jump automatically into the #3’s, as the line you intend to use and knots you intend to pass will dictate the size of the running guides. My first attempt was with 3.5’s and while it was great for most of my applications when it came to passing knots with 8lb. Braid and 20 lb. Fluoro it just didn’t do well. But with the #4’s it works fine. With the introduction of the American Tackle tip tops in a 4 ring and multiple tube sizes it will make setting up one of these fantastic tools much easier.

Todd Vivian
Mud Hole Custom Tackle, Inc.