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Do slightly out of line rod guides affect performance?

Largemouth21
in Fishing Rods, Reels, Line, and Knots

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  • .ghoti.
    .ghoti.

    I have a rod like that. Had it for years, and have caught a lot of fish on it. I never noticed any performance problems; either casting, retrieving or fighting fish. In fact, the only problem with the

  • Largemouth21
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    Guides are very straight now

  • MickD
    MickD

    Unless I'm mistaken, I have not seen where any attempt to allow Kastking to react to this issue has yet been made.  Might be a little premature to start giving them bad reviews.  Every maker has at le

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11 hours ago, Largemouth21 said:

Guides are very straight now

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Looks great! How are you liking the rod? I took mine on vacation and it travelled well and fished great.

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    On 7/5/2018 at 10:47 PM, Further North said:

    This stuff is all bout leveling expectations up front.

    True. 

     

    No such thing as perfect alignment - there will always be some measurable misalignment, even if 'un-noticeable'.  I guess for some of us, the expectations for a $60 rod might include this amount of 'error'.  For others, it doesn't meet expectations.  I don't think either camp is wrong.

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    14 hours ago, NYWayfarer said:

    Looks great! How are you liking the rod? I took mine on vacation and it travelled well and fished great.

    Took it out tonight for the first time and I’m loving it! I paired it with a Daiwa Legalis LT 1000 with 10lb powerpro and I caught some panfish with it. I am definitely glad I got the medium light over the light though, I have just enough backbone and it’s very sensitive. All the small fish feel giant now. It casts well and loads up well. I will (hopefully) be trying it out on some bass this weekend...

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    1 hour ago, Largemouth21 said:

    Took it out tonight for the first time and I’m loving it! I paired it with a Daiwa Legalis LT 1000 with 10lb powerpro and I caught some panfish with it. I am definitely glad I got the medium light over the light though, I have just enough backbone and it’s very sensitive. All the small fish feel giant now. It casts well and loads up well. I will (hopefully) be trying it out on some bass this weekend...

    Awesome! Let us know how it goes. Goodluck!

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    Don't worry about little stuff like that... adjust it by hand as good as you can, then fish it!

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    9 hours ago, Largemouth21 said:

    Took it out tonight for the first time and I’m loving it! I paired it with a Daiwa Legalis LT 1000 with 10lb powerpro and I caught some panfish with it. I am definitely glad I got the medium light over the light though, I have just enough backbone and it’s very sensitive. All the small fish feel giant now. It casts well and loads up well. I will (hopefully) be trying it out on some bass this weekend...

    Good to hear! I can vouch for the backbone and sensitivity of the light action rod. Imagine a 1 pound Bass on that stick!

     

    I got a few on vacation. Really gets the heart pumping!

     

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    14 hours ago, NYWayfarer said:

    Good to hear! I can vouch for the backbone and sensitivity of the light action rod. Imagine a 1 pound Bass on that stick!

     

    I got a few on vacation. Really gets the heart pumping!

     

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    Nice work! I couldn’t imagine having any action lighter than what I got but maybe in the future I will get a light one...

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