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<blockquote data-quote="lunkerslayer" data-source="post: 138624" data-attributes="member: 217"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #000000">So I have been reading up on using fly guides on a fiberglass blank and since fly guides and regular guides are not the same size as far as ID. My question is that a fiberglass blank is going to be heavier than a carbon blank as well as less backbone then the carbon blank of the same length and diameter. Would I be better off with fly guides of a say a 4 or 5 size rather than a 6 or 8 also should I go with a low profile guide rather than a high profile guide with the same ID. That way since I am using braided line and keeping the guides closer to the blank would give me extra backbone to the fiberglass blank. I like the fly guides because of the similarities of the recoil guides so with that what do you guys think</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lunkerslayer, post: 138624, member: 217"] [SIZE=3][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#000000]So I have been reading up on using fly guides on a fiberglass blank and since fly guides and regular guides are not the same size as far as ID. My question is that a fiberglass blank is going to be heavier than a carbon blank as well as less backbone then the carbon blank of the same length and diameter. Would I be better off with fly guides of a say a 4 or 5 size rather than a 6 or 8 also should I go with a low profile guide rather than a high profile guide with the same ID. That way since I am using braided line and keeping the guides closer to the blank would give me extra backbone to the fiberglass blank. I like the fly guides because of the similarities of the recoil guides so with that what do you guys think[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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