I build rods, personally I love the astetics of it, but I put the kabash on them at size 6. It can save some weight but at what point do you get to the diminishing returns. I also build mine as a revolver wrap so that I can go with a guide less if I so choose.

I only like the micro guides on rods that I use light line and no leaders. Primarily moving baits that I want to make long casts. Just my 2 cents

Yep they suck!!!

I'm the original poster on this thread. I recently bought a 7-foot Falcon Lowrider Composite Cranker by mail. The rod is a glass/carbon mix, and the blank is pretty big. Works good. My first fish on it was a 29" Red. Full-length cork grip, which I love. The guides are all small, and with the big blank size, it just doesn't look right. So. I replaced the two guides nearest the reel with a staggered pair of Fuji guides. Now, it looks right. IslandJim

I still have one of the original Duckett "micro magic" rods. I use it quite a bit, for swimbaits and weightless senkos. to me, it casts further, and I am able to be more accurate with my casts. I also had one of the Skeet Reese micro rods from about the same time, and it was absolute junk. most of the rods I buy now have the smaller guides, just not micro.....

This. And they look stupid.

There are several techniques that braid works way better than mono. Maybe you just don't fish those techniques.

I was given a new Falcon Bucoo rod as a gift almost a year ago and recently noticed it has micro guides. Seems to work fine. I don’t prefer it, but it’s working.

I don't like them.. those little holes freeze up faster in the winter... and light braid will wrap them quick if you swing and miss.

I have alot of falcons including bucoos and none have micro guides. Wonder when they were doing that?


I hate them btw. One of my stupid moments was getting talked into trading a nice compound bow I was selling for a “custom” rod that a fly by night rod builder made. It had micro guides. What a piece of junk.