Ceramic inserts

[smig]

When is someone going to design a set of guides that you can replace the ceramics instead of having the hassle of rewhipping a new guide on , so frustrating when the slightest tap shatters the insert !

[steven]

pacbay minima 4's is the way forward mate got no inserts to break

[cod magnet]

if it was doable some one would be producing them now

[smig]

Surely in this day and age it must be do- able,

[Holl5080]

pacbay minima 4's is the way forward mate got no inserts to break

I'll second that. All my rods are done in them now. Even if you really clunk them and bend them you can bend them back to shape and stay fishing!

[marco1967]

cheap rods have cheap guides that do break on the slightest tap . some greys ,soniks especially , I have owned certain greys and conoflex rods that have fallen onto concrete and rock shots and have survived unscathed .

[smig]

Haven't got a cheap rod with cheap guides mate , got a century with the latest k guides , blew off the stand on st Mary's and cracked 5 inserts , cost £53 to repair

[brix]

rod rings

I 've got fujis with green inserts on all my rods and haven't bust one for yonks.wouldn't use anything else!

[marco1967]

I 've got fujis with green inserts on all my rods and haven't bust one for yonks.wouldn't use anything else!

exactly m8.

[rossi46]

ceramic inserts

I work for a plastic injection moulder and boss reckons it would be a doodle to do just need a mould made and the basic design of rings is prehistoric

[marco1967]

we should have ringless rods in 2013 where the line passes through the rods centre

[Ian Alexander]

we should have ringless rods in 2013 where the line passes through the rods centre

They have been out for years mate, Daiwa do a range of boat rods called "Interline", you have to use a draw wire to thread your line through at first or so I'm told.

As for beachcasters I remember in the 70's a rod called the "cyclops" where the line ran through the middle, can't remember who made it though.

Regards Ian

[fish fingers]

also it cannot just be any old plastic in a manner of speaking the hardness of the liner counts for a lot [vickers] sic,s are diamond polished so the line glides threw plus the mono heats up when going through the guides certain guides disapitate the heat away better than others espesically on big game rods were fish are likely to give powerful runs and the heat generated is at it,s greatest and could possibly snap costing you a fish of a life time and then thier is the tourney lads when casting that extra yard can be a mile stone