If you use 3M tape you will not get the gunk on the rod. The only downside is it may take you 5 minutes longer before you are fishing. When unraveling the tape after fishing just wind the tape down and wrap it up on the bottom section. Tape can be reused several times before it loses its stick.
The upside is you do not break rods due to loose ferrules as you found out. Next to car doors probably the biggest reason people break spey rods. Although, even if you tape it is good practice to keep checking them throughout the day. A 3 dollar roll of tape is the best insurance money can buy. -sean -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Steudel Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 3:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Broke ma rod What's the downside to taping your rod? Maybe gunk on your ferrels? Or just the pain in butt messing with tape? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leland Miyawaki Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 8:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Broke ma rod Mark, There has been a lot of discussion on various spey sites vis-a-vis taping of ferrules. I used too but now simply check my ferrules periodically while fishing. Leland. >Well I was out trying to get a little spey casting practice in at green lake >and I wasn't having a very good time of it. I was trying to add a >little snap at the end of the cast when I heard a crack and the top of >my rod flew off. Now I didn't have a fly on the end of my line so I >carefully pulled it in hoping the line wouldn't slide through before I >got to it. As I walked back to my car I noticed that about a 1/4 inch >down from the top of the second to last piece had broken off, kinda >weird. I'm guessing the top piece >must've been sliding up and just broken off the last bit. > >Mark
