AMERICAN TACKLE - RING LOCK A FRAME TICH NANO RING 316SS FRAME 64TTRLA FISHING ROD GUIDE

American Tackle Ring Lock A Frame TICH Nano Ring 316SS Frame 64TTRLA

The 64TTRLA is the saltwater-focused A frame in the Ring Lock range: a TICH nano ring carried in a 316 stainless frame. The A frame geometry is the point of it — two feet angling up to meet at a single apex, so the ring is held in a triangle rather than cantilevered off one leg. That shape takes lateral load without folding, and because the feet are wrapped some distance apart, the stress a big fish puts into the blank is spread across two points instead of one. The frame material matters just as much here: 316 is the marine grade of stainless, chosen where chloride pitting is the real enemy, and it is the most salt-resistant frame in this A frame group. Ring Lock is the patented seat (US Patent D627,032), a pressure-fit ring in an enlarged glue reservoir.

Key Features

• 316 stainless frame — marine-grade alloy, the most corrosion-resistant frame in this group
• A frame (crossed double foot) build for lateral rigidity and spread foot loading
• TICH nano ring, from the lighter of the two ring materials used across the range
• Ring Lock pressure-fit ring seat (US Patent D627,032)
• Eight ring sizes: 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25 and 30 mm
• Model 64TTRLA, sold as individual guides, SKUs coded by ring size

How To Build With It

• Pick this one for salt exposure — If the rod lives in a boat, on a jetty, or in a tube that never fully dries, the 316 frame is the reason to choose it over the chrome-frame A frames.
• Foot preparation — Both feet want a long, thin file taper so thread ramps on without a step. Check the guide sits flat with no rock before wrapping, and wrap each foot on its own.
• Stripper sizing by knot — Tie the FG or PR connection you actually fish and pull it through a 25 mm and a 20 mm ring by hand. Whichever passes silently is your stripper.
• Static test, then seal — Hang a weight from the tip and slide the taped guides until the line traces the curve with no flat spot. Finish with two thin coats of epoxy.

Specifications

TICH nano ring in a 316 stainless frame, all eight sizes. Sold as individual guides.

Recommended Pairing

• Saltwater popping, jigging and boat casting blanks; 4000 to 10000 size spinning reels or 200 to 400 size overheads
• PE 3 to PE 8 braid with a heavy fluorocarbon or nylon leader joined by an FG or PR knot
• Size D thread, two-part rod-building epoxy, and a tip top in a matching frame material