I don't know about you guys but I can tell when a ferrule is getting loose. The fly rod just doesn't feel "right". It loses what I would call "crispness" and takes more effort to cast.
Also you...
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I don't know about you guys but I can tell when a...
I don't know about you guys but I can tell when a ferrule is getting loose. The fly rod just doesn't feel "right". It loses what I would call "crispness" and takes more effort to cast.
Also you...
My understading is that you cannot buy a blank...
My understading is that you cannot buy a blank that is not plugged.
These blanks are hollow as they come out of the oven and off the mandrel. BUT they are then plugged on the male end at the...
The reason the ferrules stick is that a vacuum...
The reason the ferrules stick is that a vacuum develops in the stuck section of the rod. You put the rod together in the morning when the air is cool. There is air trapped in the hollow section of...
Go to Best Buy or an office supply store and get...
Go to Best Buy or an office supply store and get some "canned air", for example Belkin Blaster. Turn the can UPSIDE DOWN and spray the fluid right on the male part of the ferrule. Frost will form on...