XP3 905 Micro flippin rod.

[WaffleJaw]

Originally Posted by lilmule

You speak of weight saved by micro guides yet add 3 oz or more at butt,to balance.
Myself prefer the feel of a fencing foil to that of a broom,when using all day long.
Would also like to know how they preform with say a roberts wrap or spiral wrapped guides,custom makers often use enlarged spinning guides to ease casting.
And how does freezing conditions effect those small holes?
Loading and unloading of a spiral rod is quite quicker and spread out,just my opinion on them have several,just none with micro guides

And this guy preferred a shorter handle to an average one....At an 8.7'' handle its gonna take more than micro guides to balance a 7'6'' rod...This is also strictly a tool for flipping in tourneys with no over head casting/roll casting...If he wants to do that the weight screws off.....With a reel on this rod it feels extremely nice in the hand.
Using micro with this (which he wanted)..contributed to being able to get the balance he and I both wanted

Both of my spiral wrapped rods are micro guided...I start them all with a 6mm stripper guide (actually all my micro set ups start this way)
I dont see how a large spinning guide setup is gonna ease casting?
I also cant say Ive seen anyone use that type of set up...But Im sure people do.

Read the article I posted early in this post about micros and you'll get your answers on the freezing and other things to keep in mind.
But for spiral wraps...I really like them...They cast ultra smooth.

[DVT Mike]

Icing conditions are the one area where I actually prefer the REC recoil guides. A light slap and those guides resonate and help kock the ice off. You can still go just so small, but can get away with smaller than ringed guides. Micro guides are like everything else in that they have their time and place but are not a cure-all.

[Bubba_Bruiser]

They will freeze up faster than conventional guides from what I hear.

The benefit I see from using micros it is that you generally add more guides toward the tip than conventionals because of the lessened foot height from the blank to eliminate line dip under load. This could about equal your weight for the amount of conventionals one could have used initially. The guide acts a transmitter. Fish hits the bait, sends signal up the line, line vibrates in guides, guides transmit to blank. The more transmitters (Guides), the more feel / sensitivity passed on to a quality graphite blank. Sensitivity is a big plus IMO flippin / pitchin. I don't do it alot, but when I do, I watch my line. But I depend on my rod to tell me more than anything because I don't have the best sight in the world.