I am building a surf rod on a 10'6 Century Blank. Model is NE1265. I am using fuji KW titanium/torzite guides with KR reverse foot reduction guides. However, I can not locate a fuji titanium / torzite tip top that will work. The tip of the blank is a size 8 and I have been unsuccessful in finding anything with that tube size. The largest I have found is a 6. I can get a titanium / SIC tip top in that size, but would like the tip top to match the rest of the guides if at all possible Any help would be appreciated. Thanks..

The Fiji arowana tip top will fit.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/20/2017 01:05PM by Norman Miller.

Thanks for the response. That does look like it will work, however it looks to be a little light for a surf rod. Have you used these in the past for this application? Also the ring size is one smaller then what I am using as running guides 8 vs 10 . Would this pose a problem?

John, no I have not used them, a little too expensive for me. I have read that they are the lightest and strongest tip top that Fuji has ever made. It has a flanged Torzite ring that prevent the line from ever contacting the metal frame. Maybe Jim Ising from Anglers Resource will chime in on thier suitably for a surf rod. If not e-mail him. I think they will work fine, but have no first line experience with them. The Anglers Resource catalog gives a write up on the design characteristics of the Arowana Torzite tip tops.
Norm

Thank you for the information. I will do some research.

Just in case you want to see the Anglers Resource catalog, here is a link to it.
[anglersresource.net]
Norm