Abstract: A guard for protective use over a guy wire of a utility pole or the like is provided as a long tubular body of weather and impact resistant plastic material formed with oppositely disposed longitudinal edge portions that protrude and converge laterally along a slit through which a guy wire can enter the body. The body is secured on the wire by bolts which pass transversely through holes in the body between the wire and the slit and hold the edge portions pressed together. The guard will cushion impacts, and it is difficult to vandalize.