A universal guide is a base of a fishing line guide assembly designed to
conform to the outside radius of a round rod or to the flat surface of a
rod having a polygonal cross section. The guide is preferably helical. The
base has a curved top side, a segmented underside, and tips at the toes of
the guide. The underside has a concave portion and a flat portion. The
concave portion comprises the center of the segmented underside and
extends the length thereof. The surface of the concave portion is designed
to conform to the outside diameter of a round rod. The flat portion flanks
both sides of the central concave portion and also extends the length of
the guide foot. The surfaces of the flat portion are designed to match the
outside surface of a standard fishing rod having a polygonal cross
section. The guide foot tips taper the thickness of the base from the top
surface to the underside enabling a smooth transition for wrapping at the
guide-rod interface.
