The perfect rod bands!

[mark brailsford 2]

I am looking at buying a set of rod/lead bands and tip protectors and I am wondering if you guys know of a product that works!
I bought the greys products last season but I bought them on a whim and they really are not up to much ie, they don't wrap around the blanks very tightly and are not made so the rod sections don't rub each other and cause damage.
I used to make my rods up at bankside but last reason I decided on taking broken down tackle with me but I let down badly by this greys product (most of greys gear is really good)
hope you chaps can help
Thanks

Mark

[tigger]

Your better of just using some wide elastic bands, or failing that make your rods up on the bank and stop em getting damaged. I can't see the point in buying quality tackle only to scratch it etc.
People buy top reels only to put them on rods with reel seats that scratch or damage the reel foot. I've found the daiwa tournamet reel seats are a pain for damaging reel feet !

[stu_the_blank]

I've used Nash Tip Tops for quite a few years now and they suit me. Protect the tips both in transit (threading into the car) and walking along the bank. I haven't experienced any damage to my rods. Used to use velcro bands of various type (I kept losing them) but I find the Tip Tops much better.

Stu

[little oik]

Just go to poundland and get yourself a couple of rolls of velcro cheap as carrots and you can cut it to whatever lengths you want

[terry m]

Another vote for the Nash Tip Tops, they work perfectly. I couple them with Fox rod bands which work well for two or three seasons. My reels are protected by the Trakker reel covers which again are good. Sure, it takes a couple of extra minutes to pack away properly, but it is worth it as the kit stays in very good condition.

Advise that you avoid Wychwood rod bands, I tried them once and they are pants!

[Jeff Woodhouse]

I use Nash Tip Tops on top of the rod to protect fragile quiver tips and rings etc., but at the bottom I use some elasticated bands with a Velcro patch that Sandra Halkon Hunt had made up a few years ago now. You might want to contact her see if she still has any.

Here's my review from 2008 They do still work, never lost one nor had one broken on me. Terrific product and I hope she still does them.

[mark brailsford 2]

Originally Posted by Jeff Woodhouse

I use Nash Tip Tops on top of the rod to protect fragile quiver tips and rings etc., but at the bottom I use some elasticated bands with a Velcro patch that Sandra Halkon Hunt had made up a few years ago now. You might want to contact her see if she still has any.

Here's my review from 2008 They do still work, never lost one nor had one broken on me. Terrific product and I hope she still does them.

thanks for the replies guys, but I want something that doesn't allow the blanks to touch each other and scratch. another thing is that I carry my made up rods in a Korum fully closed quiver and so I don't think tip protectors will really fit.

Mark

[Philip]

Anything that sort of wraps round the blanks is going to mean the sections touch each other.

The only thing I can think of that physically holds the top and bottom apart was a John Roberts product...

John Roberts : Plastic Moulded Rod Bands 2pk (3228) - Discount Fishing Tackle

I brought some but I have just gone back to wrapping the rods.

[Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC)]

Not so Philip. If the band wraps round one section before wrapping round both the they can be held apart slightly.

[Jeff Woodhouse]

Originally Posted by mark brailsford 2

I want something that doesn't allow the blanks to touch each other and scratch.

AH! Well, I then take a HH band and fold the first couple of inches over and over making a flattened roll, wedge that between the blanks and wrap the remainder around normally. I do this with spinning rods and occasionally hollow tipped barbel rods.

(Edit - this is a bit similar to Mr Corky's tip)

It doesn't worry me though about scratching because you're talking about a really hard resin coating on the rod that, unless you were really vicious with it, you'd find very hard to scratch. Concrete and rusty metal can do it, but rod rings rarely will.