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Bit The Duckett Bullet #11603628 05/15/16 04:32 AM
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Got me a Duckett Ghost med cranking rod today. Put my new Shimano Caenan on it. Can't wait to try it out. Love how it feels in my hand.

2 more weeks of baseball and then its time to hit the water in June. I'm ready for some fishing.


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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet [Re: Anchorman] #11603633 05/15/16 04:38 AM
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Just got my first one last week. Feels like a good rod to me so far.

Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet [Re: Anchorman] #11603638 05/15/16 04:55 AM
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I like their blanks. Their guides are less than durable. You can't knock them around much without losing one.


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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet [Re: Anchorman] #11603655 05/15/16 07:07 AM
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the guides are terrible


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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet [Re: Jigfish] #11603667 05/15/16 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted By: Jigfish
the guides are terrible


+1

Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet [Re: Finesse EMPEROR/ Dropshot King] #11603782 05/15/16 01:28 PM
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the guides are terrible


+1

And they're underpowered.

Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet [Re: Anchorman] #11603785 05/15/16 01:30 PM
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What's the deal with the guides? I thought I was buying a top quality rod dang it!

I guess I'll be filling out that warranty card. I've never been hard on rods but I was going to give this rig to my son for his first bait caster. If their guides aren't durable I might need to pick another rod for him and keep this one for myself.


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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet [Re: Anchorman] #11603842 05/15/16 02:27 PM
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They are very nice rods, they're just not very durable.


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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet [Re: Anchorman] #11603862 05/15/16 02:35 PM
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Great rods IMO. They are he only rod i fish with and own over a dozen. I have lost a couple of guides but never broke a rod. I'm not exactly easy on them either. I think you'll be satisfied. I always store them with a rod sock in the rod box.




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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet [Re: Anchorman] #11603870 05/15/16 02:41 PM
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Why are the guides failing on these rods? What brand and type are the eyes? All my rods are way old, I wound them myself using Fuji ceramics and have never had a guide fail on me.


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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet [Re: Cast] #11604098 05/15/16 06:32 PM
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Why are the guides failing on these rods? What brand and type are the eyes? All my rods are way old, I wound them myself using Fuji ceramics and have never had a guide fail on me.

Micro eyelets are bad about snapping if you break off a snag. If the line breaks somewhere inside the eyelets, usually at the reel, the line will wrap eyelets on its way out of the guides. It will pull them off the rod.


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Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet [Re: Anchorman] #11604245 05/15/16 08:38 PM
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I have several brands of rods with 3 of them being ducketts. 2 of the 3 have lost one or more eyes. Called duckett rods and they send me several eyes in the mail. I will not own any more.

Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet [Re: Anchorman] #11604314 05/15/16 09:32 PM
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I don't know what they are doing to the guides, but I've had 4 for awhile and never had an issue. I don't really run my weights into the guides though

Re: Bit The Duckett Bullet [Re: Anchorman] #11604504 05/15/16 11:15 PM
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I like fuji alconite guides Powell Rods uses them fugi makes many different ones top quality guides are expensive, I have been on many boats where the driver leaves the tip and other guides chattering on the glass rail near the console never good for the guides.

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