I had a bit of an epiphany today, while enjoying some college football. Why not use spinnebait/jig skirt collars for holding guides in place?

The answer is, they are just about perfect for what I normally build. Their ID is small enough to hold guides in the tip section of most blanks, and they stretch enough to hold butt guides on most bass blanks. They can even be split in half to work with micros.

I know the idea isn't all that different from using other forms of latex tubing, but I don't recall seeing it mentioned before, although I'm sure somebody has.

Joe

I use surgical tubbing cut in to small bands

Good Wraps Bob

Good find Joe! Never thought about it either!

Cheers

What I have been using a long time for my testing. But I don't use anything to hold micros on. Have a way to do it and not use anything to hold them on.

Mike,

I knew I couldn't have been the first to think of it.

Joe

When my daughters were wearing dental braces, I used the rubberbands that hold tension on the appliance. Cheap, easy to find, and come in different sizes. I have gone back to the old tape them on method.

Mike Bradfrod
R.M.B. Fishing Rods
Nampa, Idaho