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Now how to make them. Get some medium 

 gauge wire brass is best, and the gauge should 

 be that of ordinary bell-wire ; take a round stick 

 the diameter you require, and make one turn round 

 it with the wire ; then draw the wire out as if you/ 

 wished to straighten it, until the ring is like a 

 snake (Fig. 6) ; cut off, and flatten the ends with a 



Fig. 6. Snake Guide. 



hammer, or by filing. Thus you have one of the 

 best guides (in principle) it is possible to use. I 

 use no other even on my best rods ; for i-t is im- 

 possible to get the line snarled round it, and there is 

 the minimum of friction to retard its free running. 

 Of course the nearer you get to the top of the rod 

 the smaller should be the ring, though this is not 

 a matter of the first importance. The tip ring 

 is made as shown (Fig. 7), 

 and the two legs are whipped 

 closely on the rod. An easy Figm7m __ Home . nmde Tip R ing . 

 rod guide, but not so good a one as 

 that just described, is formed of the 

 Fig ' Gu7d S e C . reW little screw picture-frame eyelets sold 

 in the hardware stores (Fig. 8). These may be 



