Welcome to the Guide section of our catalog. At Batson Enterprises we are proud to be the sole USA distributor of the ALPS rod building guides, plus we proudly present our Forecast line of rod building guides. ALPS has continued to grow its guide selection every year and now are commonly seen on many of the finest production and custom rods available today. Our Forecast line of guides offers the highest performance of any value guide on the market today and they are also commonly seen on some of the very finest production and custom rods built worldwide.
Some exciting new additions to the ALPS guide selections are the new RRD designed mini guides and the new MXN casting guide. ALPS is now offering casting rod guides all the way from the smallest mini guides all the way through the 80# roller guide size. The ALPS XN series of casting guides; LXN, MXN & XN; are simply the finest casting guides available anywhere today. Starting with the ALPS innovation of SS316 stainless steel, RRD frame design and proprietary ring bonding glues; these take a back seat to no one…period.