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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: RalphH on October 18, 2020, 08:27:50 AM

Title: How to give any fishing rod more power.
Post by: RalphH on October 18, 2020, 08:27:50 AM

Here's an interesting little video. While it is about fly and spey rods it applies to all rods. While I have heard of this mod before it's never been in such a radical way. If you break the tip on an unrepairable rod of have an older one kicking around that doesn't get much use it might provide you a way to get a different rod from. Spoiler - it involves cutting away a few inches off the tip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEQjg1R7d0k&t=215s

Title: Re: How to give any fishing rod more power.
Post by: typhoon on October 19, 2020, 08:49:43 AM

Ya, don't do this. It won't appreciably change the power but will significantly change the action (make it slower and less responsive).
Very little power comes from the tip (since it's so thin).
Consensus of expert rod builders is to never cut the tip.

Title: Re: How to give any fishing rod more power.
Post by: RalphH on October 19, 2020, 01:00:52 PM

good discussion about the topic of if to cut , why, where and what the results might be from the perspective of building a rod on a blank not altering an existing rod here:

https://www.rodbuilding.org/read.php?2,417312

Title: Re: How to give any fishing rod more power.
Post by: typhoon on October 19, 2020, 05:28:54 PM

Quote from: RalphH on October 19, 2020, 01:00:52 PM

good discussion about the topic of if to cut , why, where and what the results might be from the perspective of building a rod on a blank not altering an existing rod here:

https://www.rodbuilding.org/read.php?2,417312

Yup, those are the guys.