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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, e. — 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 it 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 ng. 7. -Home-made Tip /ling. 



/p-> \ rod guide, but not so good a one as 



\^-J/ that just described, is formed of the 



'''^' GMe"^"' little screw picture-frame eyelets sold 



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



