[VFB] Snake or Single foot guides

[Tom Davenport]

I'm in the middle of building my sixth rod and am starting to feel I'm 
getting the hang of it.  I have always used single foot guides on the 
assumption that they were the "best" since they seem to show up on 
premium rods.  My next rod will be  a Loomis G3 blank I bought from 
Hook and Hackle.  It came with free reelseat, guides, grip etc. The 
guides provided are all snake guides.  I have a Titanium alloy set of 
single foot guides I am planning to use, but wondered, am I wrong?  Are 
single foot guides really better?  Or is it one of those things that 
really makes no difference at all?

From the standpoint of labor, it would seem more expensive to use snake 
guides since they require twice as many wraps.  Still, they would be 
easier to secure, since you can tape the opposite foot to keep them in 
place.

And, while I'm on the subject, has anyone found a better way to attach 
single foot guides?  I tape them using half the foot which is clumsy 
proposition. Do professional rod wrappers just hold them by hand and 
feed them in the wraps somehow?

Thanks,

Tom Davenport