I've build 2 rods with snake and 2 rods with songle foot guides. I personal feel that the single foots suite better to a avarage/common rod. They impact the action of the rod less and on the forcast the line is still 'centered'. Look at a rod how the line behaves on a single foot guiide and a snake guide during the forecast.
Some members on the list say, that for a heavier rod snakes might be better and more robust. As you mentioned the more expensive (and probably better) rods use more and more single foot guides.
For a lighter rod (7 and less) I personally would stay with the single foots.
To mount them I do it like you. mentioned tith a bit of tape.
Rene
as I re-read it.. single foots or single feet....
Tom Davenport schrieb:
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
