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Ceramic or steel guides for braid.
This eliminated the need to replace guides due to wear.
However because of their quality they tend to be found on the more expensive rods.
And with the titanium frame you don t have to worry about corrosion not really an issue if you don t take your rods to the salt.
Historically guides were predominately steel and sometimes were coated with chrome.
Then in the 1960 s ceramic rings were inserted inside the rings.
If yours rod have ceramic guides you never have problems using braid the braid can t distroy ceramic guides.
Titanium frames with silcone carbide rings are the hardest of them all also the most expensive.
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I have yet to have a problem with any of these quality coated ceramic inserts.
If you run fuji alconite guides they will hold up to braid all day long for the life of the rod.
Are rod guides an issue with braided line.
Where i do find problems is guides like pac bay minima guides and dynaflo guides that use a chrome plated or polished stainless steel type insert or interior ring material.
I run braided line through everything from alps forecast aluminum oxide to sic fuji guides.
Alconite is another material of which rod guides might be made and uses a base material of aluminum oxide in the ceramic insert.
Does braided line cut fishing rod gudies.
Their innovations have paved the way for new and better ways to use guides and have become an integral part of the rod building process enhancing a rods performance to a level unimagined just.
Lots of people wonder if using braided fishing line will cut into the guides on your rods.