hardchrome guides- what advantages?

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Re: hardchrome guides- what advantages?

Posted by: Mike Bolt (---.50.55.72.rlgh.grid.net)

Date: January 01, 2002 12:02PM

Many party boat and charter boat folks use these guides and tops because they will take much more abuse from fisherman jamming them into stuff on the boat and generally beating them around. So long as they aren't oxidized, they are strong and you don't have to worry about a ceramic ring cracking or breaking out.

I still have customers that would rather have wire guides than ceramics on surf rods for that reason also. They don't have to worry about beating the rods around and breaking out ceramic rings. If they get bent, the folks just bend them back.

In addition, thanks to our most gracious FUJI importer, you are basically screwed if you want a FUJI ceramic boat top larger than a size 18. If you want one larger than that, you are limited to a Pac Bay which goes to 20 or you have to revert to a Mildrum or Perfection wire top which go to a 32.

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