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Re: Long Rod
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:46 am
by Otter
hankaye wrote:Otter, Howdy;
Would you be kind enough to take us along on this new adventure with you ?
Sounds interesting...
to me anyway 
hank
PS> Please include a lot of photos .....
You are very welcome to come along Hank.
Just started stripping off the old rings, painful job , took twenty minutes to strip 2.... a lot more to go
Re: Long Rod
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:11 am
by hankaye
Otter, Howdy;
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hank
Re: Long Rod
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:55 am
by overmywaders
I have a fifteen foot two-hander cane rod that I have been promising myself I would rewrap and fix some delaminations. That's never going to happen
It is a very light-in-hand rod because the butt section is so thick that the center of it is hollow. I had visions of using a six weight line and enjoying a good fight with the smallies in fast water (the longer the rod, the longer the lever you give the fish).
Re: Long Rod
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:22 am
by hankaye
Howdy All;
I thought I'd e-mail the folks at the essentials co.to see if their cord would float (be hydrophobic), here's the answer I recieved this morning...
" Hank,
Our polypropylene cord does not float
Regards
Chris Wheeler
www.TheEssentialsCompany.co.uk
The Essentials Company, Springfields, Station Road, Pulham St Mary,
Diss, United Kingdom IP21 4QQ
Tel +44 (0)1379 608899 "
hank
Re: Long Rod
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:59 am
by Otter
Good move Hank, that indeed is the major issue in finding this stuff.
Not all polyp line is 100% polyp.
The last stuff i bought sunk faster than lead.
Rod is re-ringed , not the prettiest piece of work, and will have to be re-done proper next winter - just cannot find the time at the moment.
At 13 ft it is huge........
In next week or two it will be properly christened on the river.
