Has anyone made there own snake guides and do you have pics and directions?

why would you want to do it? they are cheap an good qualit at that, $1.00 each up to about $4..00 for the good ones , don't under stand , fill me in please, ,

William Sidney
AK

Golden Witch once offered a tool for making your own. Not sure if they still offer them. It was a very neat item.

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They do not offer one any more, but Gray Hackle Rods has a kit, and it too is pretty neat, as I have one of them

Ron Weber

When you make your own snake guides do you just bend pieces of wire or is there more to it?

I have Phosphor bronze and nickle silver wire to do mine with

Ron Weber

It is mostly about just bending wire, but there is a certain shape and size desired and the older GW tool had all the various dies to obtain each size.

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I've run across the tool to create your own snake guides, but if i remember correctly, they were generally sold on a few web sites of bamboo fly rod makers. some offered the reverse design loop (English style). I would embrace google in a web search. try youtube too for examples.

There's a certain pride and completion of the entire craftsmanship picture when you create the entire rod with all components yourself. from a bamboo blank to guides, to reel seats and ferrules. even the reel itself from barstock aluminum. catch fish with a rod you completely crafted yourself from raw material, include flies you tied, some would say it doesn't get better than that. i think it's fantastic.

eric
fresno, ca.

While preferring to not have to, I am also interested in making my own to match the remaining, vintage guides which I cannot locate. It is a simple double loop with double, opposed feet, size 20 or 25. I found a crappy, chrome plated one which I am using until I find or make a suitable / proper SS stripper. Does anyone know which SS is better between 316 (spring back) or 316L (bend and stay)?

Mark Talmo
FISHING IS NOT AN ESCAPE FROM LIFE BUT RATHER A DEEPER IMMERSION INTO IT!!! BUILDING YOUR OWN SIMPLY ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE.

The one I have has all the dies for the different sizes, including being able to make you own hook keeper. I do not think you can make any super size out of it It will do the twist either was such as the American or English style
[www.grayhacklerods.net]

Ron Weber