Questions and Answers

Fuji Guides and Tips

 

Q. 1    Why use FUJI?

Fuji produce a guide and a tip for every conceivable purpose. If judged on a product to product basis, you will find that a genuine quality Fuji guide or tip will cost no more or at best only a few cents more than the competitor, which are really only copies. The innovator and leader in the field produces the best.

 

Q. 2    What guides should I choose for a particular type of fishing rod?

On our Web page you will see that we have tried to separate guides into the following:

This will give you a general idea of what to use. For more detailed ideas, please see our suggestions for Common Rod Building Recipes on the site.

 

Q. 3    What is the difference between Economy, Sic (Silicon Carbide) and Gold Cermet guides?

Fuji have produced over the years guides for all types of fishing applications. Ther are also other ring available now have a look at our education section at ring types for all the information.They have also produced a "Good, Better, Best" type of ring for each of the guide frame types, which have the following attributes:

Economy:       

This guide features the Hardloy ring and the "O" ring it is produced from a special blend of high grade aluminium-oxide. It is diamond polished and permanently mounted on the frame. These are as the heading suggests is the least expensive of the Fuji range of guides. The "O" ring is the updated version of the aluminium-oxide rings. This ceramic ring is diamond polished to an ultra smooth finish and is bonded into a deep pressed stainless steel frame.

Sic:

This is one of the most advanced ceramic rings. The silicon carbide ring is used in the construction of high quality rods across the globe. Diamond polished Sic rings are twelve times harder, dissipates hear four times faster and weighs less than fifty percent of standard stainless steel rings. With more and more fisherman using braided lines Sic rings are acknowledged to be harder and stronger than its competitors and will not groove even under the most arduous conditions.

Gold Cermet:

For the fisherman who demands the ultimate quality, Fuji has produced the Gold Cermet rings in titanium alloy frames. The very latest in Ceramic technology combined with a super light, super strong frame provides the latest in fishing technology. The gold Cermet produces a hardness that rivals Sic whilst remaining lighter and thinner. To this, Fuji added its diamond finish with the result that the Gold Cermet ring boasts a finish even smoother than the Sic ring. The result is a guide so light it barely affects the action of the rod and so smooth that it outperforms all others.

 

Q. 4    You often see rods with very different numbers of guides and spacings. Do the number of guides and spacings affect rod performance?

Most definitely, Over the years most emphasis on rods has been placed on blanks and materials. With this emphasis the importance of guides has been ignored. Even a blank crafted from the lighter and stronger fibres cannot deliver optimum performance without the right guides. The design technician's at Fuji, the worlds leading manufacturer of premium rod components have extensively researched how guide placement can improve rod performance. Using computer aided modelling and prototypes, Fuji's experts created charts outlining how to choose and place guides to achieve maximum results. From this, Fuji created The New Guide Concept in rod design. Rod builders who follow Fuji recommendations see dramatic improvements in spinning and casting rods. The New Guide Concept also improves the rods ability to transmit subtle signals from the line to the angler. Please check out the new concept and specifications in the Education Section.

Q. 5    Are Fuji frames susceptible to Rust?

Fuji uses only the highest quality stainless steel in their frames. They use "S-4" Stainless steel material. This stainless material has been specially developed by them to meet the high standards demanded by fisherman and rod builders seeking the best. When tested at Fuji's laboratory against a competitors frame the following results were recorded:

All this basically means is that Fuji's "S-4" Stainless steel is: