is received through the lip and the mounting tab 16 referring now to fig7 the mounting tab 16 may be secured to a cross member 46 of the gutter 20 using the fastener 26 in fig8 a system for directing water into the rain gutter is shown the gutter 20 is attached to an edge of a roof of a building the guard 10 is mounted on the gutter 20 such that water shown at arrow r cascading down the roof or landing directly on the guard travels across the hood 12 as the water travels across the hood 12 the surface tension of the water causes the water to be pulled around the front edge of the hood where it drips into the gutter 20 or is directed against the inner surface of the gutter end caps 30 may be attached to the ends of the guard 10 to prevent or limit the entry of debris into the gutter 20 in any of the above disclosed embodiments the guard 10 can be a single piece that is mounted over the rain gutter or several shorter guards can be mounted over the rain gutter materials from which the guard 10 may be fabricated include but are not limited to metal plastic fiberglass and the like the materials can be painted cast or molded to have any color desired for example the color.