If this guide doesn't do the right thing, replace the rod, I would start with contacting anyone else involved! Did you hire the guide through a fly shop? Get them to help you. Does the state he works in license guides? Perhaps the licensing agency would help. If he is unlicensed, the state would want to know that too. Make sure you contact him and clearly tell him you want a replacement rod. If not, start your follow-up plans. Philip