PaneraiMan

Thanks. Yes that is correct. Unless I can get away with ugly stick gx2 combo with Shakespeare reel

any feedback on my last reply? I am planning to try to replace broken guides this weekend and post before and after the repair to see if they come out good enough to replace all of them on both Berkley rods.

Since both of my Berkley Lightning and Cherrywood HD rods had guides rust and break both fitted with freshwater Sienna 2500 reels I wanted to look into saltwater rods and reels to buy. I already bought the 8" Tsunami rod/reel at Walmart for $30 to just try surf and jetty fishing in New Smyrna Beach and just wanted to get something longer but at the same time better. From all I read Ugly Stick GX2, Big Water or Inshore rods are good but the Shakespeare reels that are on those as a combo are not too good but I am sure much better than that $30 combo rod I bought at Walmart which was not too bad at all so far. The Penn combos are the oposite, the Penn Battle II combos are $110-130 but those rods Penn includes in those combos are not that good, and Pursuit II & III reels are flimsy for $70 combo. I found combos from both makers on Amazon, Walmart, Dick's, Bass Pro and other box stores and was wondering what I should do as they seem to be good deals to me. I was thinking of getting Ugly Stick GX2 6'6 or 7' M rod to replace my Berkleys as a smaller rod I can also use for Bass and of the Pier and then to also get Surf/jetty/inshore rod that is 8-10" M or MH to through 4-6oz sinkers at the beach fitted with 5000/6000 reel size. Also Penn seem to include 7000 or 8000 reels in their longer Pursuit and Battle Combos with 8-10" rods which is an overkill and I do not want anything over 6000 size, ideally a 5000. I want to also be able to take this rod to fish on the charter boat offshore when I go later this month. Please suggest me and guide me in the right direction. I am an almost 40 male that has been fishing 2 years.

I meant to mention I did clean guides with water after vinegar. Thanks for Wd40 suggestion. Will keep it in mind and apply it as well. I work in Orlando so I actually called Mud Hole folks as they are not far and they told me to come by and I mentioned to them about those CBR Black standard guide sets they have on their site for $6.89-9 a set for my size rods, and they said they are their house brand and they can probably match Fuji guides for me in black for my 6” and 6’6” rods for under $10 a set. They also have Fuji threads for the guides for $3. So I will pick those up and I have 5min Loctite epoxy already so we will replace the broken ones first and learn how to do it and then just replace the rest of them as practice. Should be a fun little project. Maybe will stop by tomorrow after work and buy them and start on the weekend.

Hahaha. You guys are funny. Joke is on me. Noted. I assume the green corrosion is from salt water fishing and me not cleaning rods. As I didn’t think about it as I didn’t drop them in the water or anything. But wet line going in and out I am sure is what did it. Should I go with black finished guides? I found these for $6-9 a set on here : http://www.mudhole.com/CRB-Spinning-Rod-Guide-Kits?quantity=1&custcol_guide_frame=402&custcol21=99 any good? Yea I was thinking of doing work myself as paying for it might as well buy new rod. Any particular sets you recommend? I think anything would be better than these cheap ss304 Berkeley thin guides. So what synthetic line you referring to? I was think 20-20lbs black braid and then using 5min apoxy I see people use on their YouTube vids. I think I can follow vids and do this work myself as I am handy when it comes to meticulous project like that. Why nail polish? Will it hold?

I can’t. I watched a few vids on YouTube where a few folks cleaned off rust of guides and lures and hooks with white vinegar by soaking them for 24hrs in it. Guides you wrap with soaked pads with vinegar. I mean it worked. Green stuff came off and I was able to get rid of a lot rust from my fishing pliers and hooks and lures. So yiu saying I shouldn’t try to fix the guides myself? I like them and it would be a good little project if I can get guides cheap. Just want to know what are good and cheap or should I just throw the rods out?

Hi everyone. I caught a fishing bug and have been fishing in my backyard lake and also inshore and surf fishing. Before I bought a serf 8” rod I took my Berkeley Lightning (not Shock) 6 MH and Cherrywood HD 6’6 M to inshore of the docks and pier fishing and didn’t clean them as those were all mostly salt water conditions as the water is from inlet her in New Smyrna Beach FL. I had the rods about a year or so and only fished a handful of times. I noticed both rods have greenish oxidation and rust on the guides but rods themselves are perfect. 2 of Cherrywood guides then broke and split on the ring on the top and the biggest guide next to reel. Both rods I bought for $20-30each on sale at Bass Pro Shop. Cherrywoood HD was replaced by Berkeley under warranty and I still have the broken rod. Now same thing happen to Lightning rod and 3 guide from the tip broke off as I was cleaning guides with soaking them in white vinigar. Which took off a lot of green from other guides and rust. Looks like Berkeley use these cheap flimsy ss304 guides on many of their rods but not the Shock series and also Fenwick H series use them too and those are $70 rods I think. I contacted Berkeley to see if they can send me a replacement shock rod under warranty for $10 shipping cost as they have Shock on sale now for $25 which would be cheaper than my Lightning Rod I bought for $30 or so new. Will see. From now on I will be hosing rods and tackle with water after each trip and damp dry them to prevent rusting. So if I end up with 2 perfectly good rods and just need guides replaced what would you guys do? Fuji guides are expensive and would cost as much as each of these rods plus work. My local bass pro shop charge $5 per guide to replace not sure what they are using for guides for replacement. I am sure nothing fancy. But to replace all guides at $5 per guide again would be same as buying new rod. I looked up a bunch of videos on YouTube of how to replace guides and it’s not too bad if I buy guides and replace them my self with using braids and apoxy. what would you guys do if you had this issue as rods are great for the money and I see why so many love these and why I bought them based on my research. If you would replace them which guides sets would you suggest under $10 to replace them with as most water around here in FL is saltyish and would need guides that are good with saltwater. I noticed Ugly Stick GX2 supper popular rods have black guides and I have some kids Shakespeare rods that never been washed and also have black guides and no rust! At all.