Nylon fishing rod winding

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A FISHING ROD COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE SHAFT AND A PLURALITY OF LINE GUIDES ARRANGED IN SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP ALONG THE AXIAL EXTENT THEREOF, EACH OF SAID LINE GUIDES HAVING AN EYELET AND SPACED APART FEET DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID EYELET AND EXTENDING LATERALLY THEREFROM FOR SECURING SAID EYELET TO THE SURFACE OF SAID SHAFT; MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID FEET ALONG THE SURFACE OF SAID FLEXIBLE SHAFT, SAID RETAINING MEANS COMPRISING: (A) A TAPE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A PLURALITY OF SUBSUBSTANTIALLY LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED HEAT SHRINKABLE FIBERS IMPREGNATED WITH A HEAT CURABLE RESIN AND BEING WOUND TAUTLY IN A PLURALITY OF TURNS ABOUT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID FLEXIBLE SHAFT, WITH SAID FIBERS BEING DISPOSED GENERALLY TRANSVERSELY TO THE AXIS OF SAID SHAFT, EACH TURN OF SAID TAPE BEING GENERALLY SUPERIMPOSED UPON THE TURN THEREUNDER, WITH AT LEAST ONE TURN CONFINING ONE OF THE FEET BEING RETAINED ADJACENT THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID SHAFT, SAID HEAT CURABLE RESIN BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CURED, AND SAID FIBERS HAVING BEEN THERMALLY TREATED TO SHRINK ONTO THE SAID SHAFT.