Im just wondering what the big advantage of using them on walleye rods. Ive never broken a eye and im not worried about it, and honestly wouldn’t really notice or care about the few gram weight difference. IS there any other advantages besides the weight and durability that im missing ??? Please enlighten me.
“IS there any other advantages besides the weight and durability that im missing ??? Please enlighten me.”
NO ! other than the fact of putting lower costing guide on a “high end ” ice rod I cant think of one “good” reason to use Recoils on Ice rods.
The same goes for open water Walleye rods !
JMHO Jeff
The guys at TUCR made the comment that the recoil guides may be less porous and may freeze up a little less.
In my opinion, I dont see recoil guides as high quality. Just high cost with a few potential advantages. The one advantage I see is the ability to easily remove ice without the risk of damaging the guide.
The guys at TB seem to be moving away from them on open water rods. Too noisy and there are other guides out there that are about just as light.
Personally I use the TUCR rods with them guides and will say they are nice in the way that if you get some ice on the guides you can just bend it and it will remove the majority if not all the build up. But with that said I’ve only had ice build up maybe once or twice on those guides in really frigid temps.
Thats a valid point about less ice build up and easier removal. I never thought about that. Thanks
The easy ice removal is one of my favorite things about them, you can just flick the guide a little with your finger and it generally falls right off.
I like that they flex. One less thing to worry about with an expensive rod. I also agree the ease of removing ice buildup.
x6 or whatever we are at for ice build up along with durability. -QB
I like that they flex. One less thing to worry about with an expensive rod.
I have 4 rods with recoils and 9 with single foot wire fly guides. The only benifit that I have seen for recoils is that they flex. Popping ice of recoils and wire fly guides is absolutely no different.
Honestly the added expense of recoils is not worth it for an ice rod.
Frankly, I find them butt ugly looking and yet to have a rod with a set. Maybe that’s the wrong reason for not getting them but in talking with objective folks that do have them, they’re not sold on the less icing issue. So, I just haven’t pulled that trigger yet.
Winter time I think they are the best because of the weight and durability.
I do like them because they are a non plated guide. I have had chrome flake on older guides before not on my own but, customers repairs.
Summer use I agree I think there is now some better options out there.
To me, one of the biggest beneficial reasons is their size. You can put on all kinds of oversized guides on an ice rod, but the other versions make for more weight/bulk and look gaudy. The recoil guides while not perfect, let twisted half-frozen line slip through them plain easier. If you hole hop in cold weather, you’ll be happy in going with them.
Joel
Nobody mentioned Flexilite guides,very affordable alternative to recoils.Made in hard chrome stainless steel and TiCN finish.Janns sells them.I priced the recoils and that was enough.
The recoils on my ice rods don’t bend back when fishing outside around 15/20 degree weather. If I try to remove ice they bend and stay bent. Is this normal??
yes, that’s why they are a waste of money – the guides lose their memory when fishing outside in extreme cold
If you want less ice up, coat your guides with car wax
I will put Flexlites and light weight fly guides ($5 set) against ($25 set) Recoil guides all day.
Nobody mentioned Flexilite guides,very affordable alternative to recoils.Made in hard chrome stainless steel and TiCN finish.Janns sells them.I priced the recoils and that was enough.
Do you need them? No. are they nice? Yes. Do you need that fancy flasher in your profile photo? is it nice? I think it’s funny that a guy ( not any guy in particular) will buy a $30,000 boat and gripe about a $150 fishing rod. Sorry…venting.
Do you need them? No. are they nice? Yes. Do you need that fancy flasher in your profile photo? is it nice? I think it’s funny that a guy ( not any guy in particular) will buy a $30,000 boat and gripe about a $150 fishing rod. Sorry…venting.
Agreed!!!!
Just looking for info on cold weather performance. I thought mine might have been defective
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