Fishing line guide, fishing rod including fishing line guide, and blank for fishing line guide

A fishing line guide, comprising:

• a ring holding portion including an inner peripheral portion, an outer peripheral portion and an annular portion extending in a circumferential direction of the ring holding portion between the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion, wherein the ring holding portion is coupled to a guide ring at the inner peripheral portion;
• and
• a first support leg portion extending downward from the ring holding portion and having a pair of lateral surfaces connecting with the outer peripheral portion,
• wherein the ring holding portion includes a pair of twisted portions which each form a portion of the outer peripheral portion and a portion of the annular portion and which are twisted respectively from the annular portion to the outer peripheral portion toward the pair of lateral surfaces of the first support leg portion,
• wherein the first support leg portion includes a joint portion at which the first support leg portion connects with the outer peripheral portion of the ring holding portion,
• wherein, when the fishing line guide is viewed from a lateral side of the fishing line guide, a lower end of each of the twisted portions is positioned at the joint portion, and
• wherein, when the fishing line guide is viewed from the lateral side of the fishing line guide, each of the twisted portions has a width gradually increasing from an upper end of each of the twisted portions toward the respective lower end of each of the twisted portions.