I came across a rumage sale this weekend where a man was selling a few older bamboo fly rods. I made a deal with him and got one of them. It is in alright shape, but I wanted it as more of a project rod.

Anyway - the ferrules on it are really tight. Tight to the point where I can only get them about half way together. Cleaned the ferrules with acetone to get some grime off and they are still tight. Do you guys have any recomendations? I thought about lightly sanding with some 1000 grit sand paper or fine steel wool. Anyone else ever have this problem?

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks
Yonks