Walter & Group....
While awaiting opinions from Bruce Richards and Noel Perkins, Let's change topic.
Tackle: Rod guides ...... a little, " 20 questions" quiz:-
1.) What are the purposes of having guides on a fly rod ?
2.) What would happen if we cast and fished with a fly rod having only a tip top ..... no guides ?
3.) How many guides should a 9' single hand fly rod have ?
4.) Some experts have recommended an extra stripper guide placed about 4" - 5" beyond the first stripper guide. Why ?
5.) Name some advantages (if any) of single foot wire guides.
6.) Are there any disadvantages to the use of single foot wire guides ?
7) Name some advantages of double foot wire guides.
8.) List some (if any) disadvantages of double foot wire guides.
9.) Years ago, someone invented a fly rod with no guides. The fly line passed inside the hollow blank. How do you suppose this affected the cast ?
10.) Name some materials commonly used for wire guides.
11.) Is there any advantage for the use of a first stripper guide with a greater than usual ring diameter ?
12.) Is there any advantage to having the first stripper guide mounted so its ring is offset a greater than customary distance from the rod blank ? (High standoff guide)
13.) Is the internal diameter of the wire guides relative to the thickness of the fly line of critical importance to the shooting of the fly line ?
14.) Many salt water fly rods have extra large diameter tip tops. Why ?
15.) You are fighting a fish. There is a tangle in your fly line outside the rod tip. Is there anything you can do to make it more likely that you can retrieve the mess throught the guides without it hanging up ?
16.) Why don't fly rod manufacturers save money and weight by making rods with only half the recommended number of guides ?
17.) Can you name two different methods of fastening a tip top to the end of the fly rod ?
18.) Hinged ring guides were use years ago. For the most part, they have been discontinued. Why ?
19) What is, AGATE ?
20.) Name at least two disadvantages of guides with ceramic rings.
Gordy