Im currently having a rod rebuilt and i am getting bnlg's fitted ill let you know what they are like.

Regards Andy:yeah:

 

im currently building an old conoflex cod 5 blank.

i got a full set of alconite BMNAG's from gerrys
for £33.00.and they seem very light and look mint!

 

On beach or boat rods, you're talking fractions and I doubt if you'd even notice the difference in weight with them on the rod.

 

Fish Dorset I had a Century TTM factory built with BNHG's and underwhipping which I hated, it reacted slowly and had no feeling. I got it rebuilt with Zircon's and no underwhipping and found the rod much better, it seemed to recover quicker and was a much nicer fishing rod. I have had similar experiences with other rods, using BNHG's affected the action in my opinion and definitely made the fishing experiencing less enjoyable.

You obviously have much more experience with building rods, but, I know what suits me and just looking if there are better options available to me other than alconites.

 

You mentioned it there, underwhipping will add more weight.

Obviously, it all depends on how many guides are on the blank and the overall weight. If you had the same amount of guides wrapped the same way you would find it hard to tell the difference. I am talking about the same style of guide and not completely different ones.

You have got a wide range of choice from Fuji or other brands.
Fuji - BNOG, BNLG, SiC, Alconite.

You can go for a different design and get light weight frames made of other alloys, or single leg?

Options are open to try.

 

Thanks for the responses, looks like there are lots of options to explore before getting the next rod built.