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Originally Posted by Skip
FWIW: You might want to carefully check each rod guide with a Q tip. Try from both sides.
Run it all the way around the ring - the light fiber of the Q tip will snag if the guide has a nick in it.
I had a bad guide - nick was on the part of the guide the line did not touch when reeling in. My guess - the line hit the nick when casting , putting nicks along the braid.
Drove me crazy ( short drive there ) until I took a Q tip to the guides. The nick was tough to see but Q tip caught in it right away.
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Good tip. I had the same problem, but realized it as soon as I lost the second lure.
The action was so good that day that when the lure snapped off the first time I just assumed that the line had gotten beat up. I cut about 4 feet off of it and tied a new lure on, only to have that one sheer off too as soon as I cast.
I ain't real smart, but I learned quick enough after losing $10.
