Hello all,
I was given a bunch of aftco lite rollers and I decided to throw em on a GUSA 70L (or a ML, I forget.......if that model even exists...)
I applied a lite coat of epoxy as I always do. Problem is that there is a very large void between the bottom of the guide foot and the blank. It makes sense to me that this void should be filled.
I was thinking about standing the rod upright and injecting epoxy into the open spaces.
How do you guys deal with this issue?

ALSO.......
What do you think about these guides in general?
My intended purpose is to use this set up with something like 20lb flouro for socal tuna fishing when the bite is slow/fish are "line shy". With light line, I'm hoping the rollers will allow me to use my reels's drag system more effectively and to protect the line from those loooong fast runs...........

Steven I use a full underwrap and coat that first. Then the guide is placed and secured with an overwrap. If I am going to have two overwraps I'll coat the first one beforehand.

I put on enough epoxy to require some removal afterwards. As I rotate the rod by hand I wait for the epoxy to "sag". When the guides are straight down the sagging epoxy fills the tunnel you mention. Best to grind and bend guides to minimize the size of the tunnel.

Traditionally in my area roller guides wereused at opposite ends of the spectrum. They were always used after a certain line class on trolling rods (anything much more than 30 to 40#). They were also common for big game ultra ilght IFGA regulation rods. The guides you mention fall into this class.

I think you are on the right track provided they meet your needs in casting distance. Personally I wouldn't pick them for a really fast action blank that needed a lot of guides near the tip. In fact I wouldn't pick them for 20# class unless I had a thousand+ yards of line and were going after fish that required all that capacity.

But yes, they are a little like a lever drag reel in that everyone should try them to feel the difference. I'd have no problem moving down to normal 12# test for albies and like the newer co-polymer lines.

Russ in Hollywood, FL.