Prevent Your Fishing Rod Segments From Sticking Together!

[Scuba Chris]

My Tips on How to Keep Your Fishing Rod Sections from "Sticking" Together!

This is not a videos on "unsticking" already locked-up fishing rod ferrules but to rather prevent this scenario from ever happening!

Through the years i've owned 100's of custom & store bought rigs (ie 1 reel on 1 rod). Trolling, plugging, jigging, whipping it didn't matter. The one thing that remained constant was i never had my rod sections lock-up. Yes, i do live in a tropical area but i have made changes to my rod ferrules to prevent them from ever locking-up. I just thought i'd share my process as i just worked on an Okuma rod that a fellow angler that lives up the street was having issues with.

 

[mikench]

That shouldn't be necessary at all. I rub a little candle wax on spigot connections and have no problems. Mind you I don't have any Okuma rods.

 

[Ray Roberts]

That joint looks way too slack after sanding. I could see the sections coming off when you cast, particularly the top one if it was that loose.


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[Scuba Chris]

This is is my friends rig from up the street that i worked on. In my commentary I fixed the problem he created by sanding it wrong. I showed the issue and corrected it. Since then he said no problems using it tossing 4-6oz. If i couldn't fix it i'd have given him one of my prototypes that i have to help him out. The earlier type is blue instead of black. He wasn't in this video as he was a bit embarrassed. Also yes it was easier as i applied powdered graphite which i cleaned off after i worked on it. But good observation as i didn't insert the ferrule all the way in & "snug" it. In hindsight i should've done it but throughout this whole video i had the tiny remote in my right hand to control my cam & couldn't apply that pressure unless i put the remote down. Thanks for you observations.

 

[Ray Roberts]

No problem, thanks for the vid's.


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