I guess I am old fashioned. I have used Single foot guides at the clients request. I have also replaced some of those guides on the rods I made. If you do use the single foot guides with the inserts, get the type that have the foot shaped like an arrow head. It has a recess behind the foot . When wrapped the foot can't back out. I prefer the conventional snakes Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Martinez wrote: > Rene- > > I have had kind of the same experience as Dean. I have > a 9' 7wt rod built on a Loomis blank that I use for > steelheading. The builder used single foot guides and > swears by them, saying they put fewer (or smaller) > "stiff spots" in the rod when casting. I'll take his > word for it, but I think the average caster wouldn't > notice a difference. I have had some of the guides > bend down toward the rod a little, but they're easy to > straighten. Probably several cycles of bending and > straightening would eventually weaken the foot and > break the guide. I've talked with several guys who > build rods and opinion seems to be divided about > evenly between single foot and double foot guides. > Each person has their own very logical and persuasive > reasons for doing it the way they do. > > -John > Oregon > > --- Dean Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > HI Rene > > I didn't notice them bending while playing fish. > > I > > think the ones on my rods were bent putting them in > > the cloth bag and removing. Also removing ice from > > the > > eyes. Maybe I wasn't carefull enough. > > I have them on 9'6" 6wt. Sages. > > Dean > > --- Rene Zillmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dean, > > > interesting. Did they bend occasionally or playing > > a > > > fish? > > > Thanks > > > Rene > > > > > > > > > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > > > Von: Dean Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Datum: Freitag, 7. Dezember 2001 23:42 > > > Betreff: Re: Rod blanc question > > > > > > > > > >Hi Rene > > > > The only negative experience I noticed with the > > > >single footed eyes is that they have a tendency > > to > > > >bend easy. I have them on two rods. > > > > Dean > > > >--- Rene Zillmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > >> Hi List, > > > >> > > > >> I'm going to plan my next rod. It will be the > > 3rd > > > >> one I'm building. > > > >> Here are my questions: > > > >> -- My 'rodbuilding flyshop' started to carry > > > Pacific > > > >> Bay blancs. What is > > > >> your general opinion about them? > > > >> -- I plan to use not snake guides but 'one leg > > > >> guides'). I > > > >> assume that they will > > > >> influence the action of the blancs less than > > > >> traditional snakes. Does > > > >> anybody on the list have recommendations? > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > ===== > The River- > You passers-by, who share my journey, > You move and change,I move and am the same; > You move and are gone, I move and remain. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com
