pac bay minima i.d. ?
pac bay minima i.d. ?
Did a search but not a whole lot on these guides. Want to try therse on a couple cheap builds i'm working on. 1 casting, 1 spinning. I'm used to using size 5 fujis running out to the tip.
how do the i.d. on these guides compare to that of the fuji's. My understanding is that fuji sizes by the o.d. of the ceramic, so would a size 5 minima be larger than the actual i.d. the fujis ceramic insert? if so, how would a size 4 minima compare to a size 5 fuji?
what I'm getting at is if the minima's i.d. for a given size is larger than a fuji of the same size , would it be worth dropping down a size to minima 4's.
I don't want to go w/ a guide smaller i.d. than what a fuji TLSG 5 would be.
how do the i.d. on these guides compare to that of the fuji's. My understanding is that fuji sizes by the o.d. of the ceramic, so would a size 5 minima be larger than the actual i.d. the fujis ceramic insert? if so, how would a size 4 minima compare to a size 5 fuji?
what I'm getting at is if the minima's i.d. for a given size is larger than a fuji of the same size , would it be worth dropping down a size to minima 4's.
I don't want to go w/ a guide smaller i.d. than what a fuji TLSG 5 would be.
Re: pac bay minima i.d. ?
I have some 3's and 4's I'll measure when I get home if I can remember.
Re: pac bay minima i.d. ?
cool! THANKS5bites wrote:I have some 3's and 4's I'll measure when I get home if I can remember.
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Re: pac bay minima i.d. ?
I used size 5 Minima's on a 4wt fly rod build.
I found them to be very comperable to the size 6 Fuji's I used on my 4wt.
I found them to be very comperable to the size 6 Fuji's I used on my 4wt.
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Re: pac bay minima i.d. ?
thanks! That kinda what I was thinking that I might want to jump down a size.Mattman wrote:I used size 5 Minima's on a 4wt fly rod build.
I found them to be very comperable to the size 6 Fuji's I used on my 4wt.
Re: pac bay minima i.d. ?
Matt sorry for such a delayed reply.
The id of the 4 is .155" and the 3 is .085". Those are within .005" accurate. I just used calipers and didn't use actual gauge pins.
The id of the 4 is .155" and the 3 is .085". Those are within .005" accurate. I just used calipers and didn't use actual gauge pins.
Re: pac bay minima i.d. ?
thanks Tom
I ended up going w/ the minima size 4's for the light action spinning rod and after all the work stripping down and rebuilding a kistler blank I decided to go w/ fuji's
I ended up going w/ the minima size 4's for the light action spinning rod and after all the work stripping down and rebuilding a kistler blank I decided to go w/ fuji's
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Re: pac bay minima i.d. ?
Wow, the difference between the 4 and 3s is huge . No idea - that 3 is about 60% of the 4s?
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Re: pac bay minima i.d. ?
Hopefully if I remember and I'll grab some guides and bring them to work with me sometime. Then I can get a more exact id of the guides.