There was a previous thread on rod twist over time, or maybe temperature. I was wondering if there has been a conclusion on the cause or possible causes and how to stabilize. Is it a matter of waiting some period of time from date of manufacture? Also, is this unique to graphite or glass rods? I was also wondering if this is less of a problem maybe on weaved or matrix style blanks? Is there any inspection or test data available?

Seems to have happende to a few but I have to think it is the rare exception rather than the rule. Take a look at some of your own rods and see if they're still in line. Mine seem to be. At least those I still have on hand. No movement of the guides as far as I can tell.

Hi Steve,
I have seen this myself in one of my first rods I built years ago and it has been explained a few different ways to me. One explaination was that the rod was not built on the spine correctly and the rod was just bending in the direction of its spine and caused the guides to look as though they had turned because the blank was twisting. The second explantion was that the blank wasn't tempered correctly through the cooling of the blank after it was baked. I am more likely to go with the first explaination but still cannot count out the second if in combination with the first.
If we are talking about casting or conventional rods I have seen more of them twist then spinning rods. Here in Idaho there are plenty of sturgeon rods that are twisted and that is just do to the load that is place on large fish in fast water with all the guides on the top of the blank. My buddy has some great video footage of guides twisting while a sturgeon was on the line. This is why I am a fan of the spiral wraps.

As far as I know this is a more predominent problem with fiberglass then graphite although both types of blanks are constructed in the same manner.



Tight wraps and lines,
Wylie