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Guides and Tip Tops For many years fly rods were made with rings and keepers but at present the snake and English bridge guides are most often used. All agate guides are objectionable on a fly rod because of their weight but an agate or imitation agate first or hand guide and tip top (tip guide) are desirable as they save wear on the line as well as on the guide itself. Steel guides are preferable to those of German silver as the latter are softer and soon wear and fray the line. Windings Windings are put on a bamboo rod to help hold the sections together and for decoration. They also have something to do with the rod's action. They are usu- |
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