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MikeA

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I did it.
« on: September 21, 2006, 06:27:45 PM »
I wore out a ceramic tip top on my 7wt. There is a distinct grove right where the line would normally be on a typical retrieve.  I can't imagine what it would look like if it were just a chrome plated SS tip top. FWIW, it wasn’t a Fuji… A mistake I won’t ever make again.
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« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2006, 11:06:43 AM »
That's a bunch of stripping on a fly rod.  Amazing isn't it? How old you think that tip is?

I remember the first time I realized there was a line goove in a tip eye. I was fishing a tournament in Texas and thought my retrieve felt funny.  Then I noticed a little fuzz on the line like abrasion from fish teeth or rocks but it was way too far away from the tag end.

 I started checking things out and sure enough, my topwater rod had a goove worn into it.
I could hardly belive it. Rod was at the end of it's first season.
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Re: I did it.
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2006, 01:12:46 PM »
2 years old Ron. Fly line is very bad about grooving guides, especially when you fish dirty water (Priest). I'll might use Gold Cermets for my heavier rod tip tops if I can find one light enough for a fly rod.
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