I'd wait a bit on building a surf rod. Fuji is introducing a new "RV" 25mm guide that is a higher shorter version of the LC guide that likely will become the new standard for surf rods. They also are bringing out several new versions of the KW guide to act as transition guides. The first ones will apparently be torzite/titanium (read $$$) but alconite stuff will follow.
I've been preaching that the current KW guides are less than ideal for surf rods because of their height/size ratios. Looks like Fuji agrees and these new higher smaller guides will let you build better rods that are even lighter than the small guide LC builds currently possible.
This thread from the other site discusses/announces them.
http://www.stripersonline.com/t/9593...ides-from-fuji
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