Dear Friends,

I saw in the past some rods that were original tubular graphite and the custom did the following change: cut the tubular blank in some place (tip) and insert (fit & glue) a non tubular graphite tip. The idea is mix action rod: the tubular but has an action and the non tubular tip has another.
Seems that few manufacturers has (or had) some rods with this configuration.
Did you know/use such blanks like this?
Any idea or procedure in how to assemble such thing?
Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Rogerio de Paula

I have seen such rods but they're usually meant for a particular application such as ice or bobber fishing. A very soft and flexible solid tip fused into a stiffer tubular butt.

I could see doing this if you have a particular application in mind for it, but to do it just for the novelty aspect would result in having a rod that isn't likely to be good for much of anything.

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The "UGLY STICK" comes to mind.

The Quantum Micro rods are built with solid tips and I think Dale Clemens used to have a line called "flea flicker" or something like that.

Daiwa has the Cielo, it has a titanium tip section

Hi Tom,

Thanks for your post.
The idea is recycle a good broken rod with a new tip/action.
The goal is a finesse worm fishing rod: sensitive tip and a good "backbone" in the butt section for hooking.
What do you think? Which process can I use to assembly it?

Regards,

Rogerio de Paula

In the 80's or late 70's [too old to recall] Dale Clemens had the "Apogee" blank also known as the "Fleaflicker" these were originally made as a fly blank and shortly thereafter was offered in a spinning rod. I made over thirty of these beauties and still have two of my own on the rod rack. You could hook up with a "Guppie" and think you had a two pounder out there. The tips being of a solid graphite were very sensative and had to be handled with kid gloves but were worth it.


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