Abstract: A universal tip top for a rod blank includes a leg member defining a channel for receiving a distal end of a rod blank, a frame connected to the leg member, and a ring forming a line guide supported by the frame. The channel has a longitudinal opening configured to facilitate attachment of the universal tip top to rod blanks of different diameters.
Abstract: A fishing line guide guiding a fishing line is attached to a rod body of a fishing rod. The fishing line guide includes a ring holding portion and a first support leg portion extending from the ring holding portion. The ring holding portion includes an inner peripheral portion, an outer peripheral portion, and an annular portion extending in a circumferential direction between the inner and outer peripheral portions. The ring holding portion is coupled to a guide ring at the inner peripheral portion. The first support leg portion has a pair of lateral surfaces connecting with the outer peripheral portion. The ring holding portion includes a pair of twisted portions which form a portion of the outer peripheral portion and a portion of the annular portion and are twisted respectively from the annular portion toward the lateral surfaces of the first support leg portion to the outer peripheral portion.