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What tip for MW guides
Posted by: John Shear (199.116.173.---)
Date: June 14, 2016 11:46PM

I'd like to try the chrome Microwave guides on my next pair of walleye/bass rods. The guides have size 5 rings but I can't find a tiptop with the same size. I could do a size 6 ring but that looks big compared to the guides so I don't like that. Tube size is 4.0 for a St Croix 3S70MF2. What do you all typically use?

John Shear
Chippewa Falls, WI

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Re: What tip for MW guides
Posted by: roger wilson (---.hsd1.mn.comcast.net)
Date: June 15, 2016 06:12AM

John,
Several choices:
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`You can pick and choose from the list above. Notice that some are size 5 ring with 4 tube, Different ring types, different inserts. Some are size 4.5 ring with size 4 tube.


By the way, nothing at all wrong with using a size 6 tip with size 5 runners.

Lots of folks run larger tip rings than the runners for many different reasons. It is your choice.

Be safe

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Re: What tip for MW guides
Posted by: Ken Preston (---.opera-mini.net)
Date: June 15, 2016 07:37AM

I just built one using American Tackle TTRLLT 5 tube with a 6 ring. As Roger said it doesn't look out of place at all.

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Re: What tip for MW guides
Posted by: Don @ American Tackle (---.biz.bhn.net)
Date: June 15, 2016 09:00AM

As Roger and Ken have said the matching tip top for the MicroWave system is the (ring/color) rllt5-(tube)

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Re: What tip for MW guides
Posted by: Norman Miller (---.lightspeed.jcsnms.sbcglobal.net)
Date: June 15, 2016 09:04AM

The recommended tip top for the microwaves is the American tackle ring lock tip top, the first of Roger's links.
Norm

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Re: What tip for MW guides
Posted by: John Shear (199.116.173.---)
Date: June 15, 2016 04:26PM

Ah, thanks for the direction guys. I haven't used AmTack guides and didn't know how Light and Medium were different. I thought maybe light was for panfish/trout/fly type of rods. It would have been helpful if the description on the MW guide page (at mudhole) specified the recommended tiptop. I appreciate those who took time to answer such a trivial question.

John Shear
Chippewa Falls, WI

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