Hi Everyone,

Im building a Scott G2 for a friend at the moment, and have noticed rods from the factory are wrapped on the male and female ferrules. This is a different scenario where they use internal ferrule system, but still, does wrapping the male end make a difference? Should i skip the step and save on weight?

Calvin

scott makes a big deal of their internal ferrule system (which is basically a spigot ferrule, no?) so you might want to contact them and see what they say. i'm imagining they've done all of the research and field testing for their blanks and rod design. either way, i don't think it adds THAT much weight, would it? i may be wrong here but wrapping the male side is usually for strength but that internal piece probably adds strength on its own and so that extra wrap is partly decorative.

eric
fresno, ca.

You must wrap both male and female ferrules on spigot type ferrules like the Scott ferrules or you run the risk of the blank splitting - just like the female ferrule will if not wrapped. Yes the spigot is glued in but glue on the inside wont ad much strength to the blank wall. And Scott rods are wrapped quite long on the male side - I guess the wrap goes as long as the spigot is inserted into the blank.

As for weight - I just finished a CD rods XLS 9 foot 4 piece 8 weight using the lightest materials I could find - fuji graphite reel seat - Recoil guides, short wraps etc - after applying a coat of Permagloss prior to finishing with one layer of Threadmaster I weighed the rod and again after finishing the rod - the difference (which would be the weight of one full coat of Threadmaster on each wrap) is under 2 grams so I dont think you will notice the male ferrule wraps. But you cant do without it so....

The XLS ended up weighing just below 3.6 oz by the way.

Peter



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/09/2007 07:17AM by Peter Mulbjerg.

I just read a comparison review on a bunch of 5 wts, the scott G2 being one of the lightest ones. Yes the female ferrule is wrapped the entire length of what the male is inserted to. But together it looks like there would be more epoxy and wrapping than in the normal rod design, so i figured it might be heavier.

Calvin

With a spigot ferrule you've basically got two female ferrules with a solid segment of rod connected inside to one of them, which applies pressure on both sides as if they were both female ends. Use this oprotunity to layer in a set of colored alignment marks on either side of the ferrule, inbetween two thin coats of epoxy.