[VFB] What Guides Do you Like?

2015-04-23 Thread Neville Gosling
Jack: In the “good old days’ I used to buy “Perfection” snake guides made in USA but later, some that I purchased were labelled made in Mexico. In this part of the world I don’t see perfection guides much any more. The late Dave Lewis used Pac Bay guides for his custom rods spoke well of

RE: [VFB] What Guides Do you Like?

2015-04-23 Thread MartinWestbeek
Guides Do you Like? I have a 7wt 2 piece Tiger Eye Blank that I'm thinking about building and am sorting through some of the different fly rod guides out there. Has anyone used the Snake Brand Universal guides? The talk about them seems to be good, but they are more expensive? Or how about

Re: [VFB] What Guides Do you Like?

2015-04-23 Thread Gary Webb
Jack, I think you might find this article interesting regarding the number and sizes of guides : http://www.grtu.org/newsletters/april1997/GUIDROD.APR.htm On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Jack Harford jharford.i...@gmail.com wrote: I have a 7wt 2 piece Tiger Eye Blank that I'm thinking

Re: [VFB] What Guides Do you Like?

2015-04-23 Thread Jack Harford
Thanks Neville, I used some Hopkins Holloway guides on my last rod and like them because they required little prep and seem to wrap well. Thanks for the info. On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Neville Gosling nev.gosl...@shaw.ca wrote: Jack: In the “good old days’ I used to buy

[VFB] What Guides Do you Like?

2015-04-23 Thread Jack Harford
I have a 7wt 2 piece Tiger Eye Blank that I'm thinking about building and am sorting through some of the different fly rod guides out there. Has anyone used the Snake Brand Universal guides? The talk about them seems to be good, but they are more expensive? Or how about Hook and Hackle guides