I am guessing this would make the most obsessively light tip tip possilble, but would it hold up?

It would hold up ok, the wrap on the tip of a fly rod is mostly decorative. The glue holds the tip on. Should be fine

Almost forgot to mention this issue, without the wrap at the end, water and other material can get in the metal on the tip and possibly cause an issue................but then again maybe not. Me personaly, I would worry about it. It will be fine.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/31/2008 10:54AM by terry henson.

Maybe I wasn't clear. I'm talking about using a single foot ceramic guide for a tip, but instead of wrapping it on, using the permaglos "threadless wrap" to hold it on.

Marty I have built quite a few threadless rods and I think you would be pushing the technique past its limits doing what you propose. There can be forces applied to a tip depending on the style of placement. I have nothing to say what you want to do will not work but personally I feel more comfortable with a conventional tube encasing the blank tip. Use a REC tip or a Titanium Tip top and no thread or epoxy and it will be quite light. Drop by the Swampland Booth in High Point and take a look at the threadless example on display.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/31/2008 12:42PM by Bill Stevens.

We'll do!

How could the single foot tip possibly be pushing the technique past it's limits since the tip of the blank is at significantly LESS Strain than at any other point on the blank when an increase in load is applied? This should be the safest place for a threadless wrap. As load pressure increases on any rod, the tip becomes more straigtened and the strain on the tip decreases. This force imparted on the rod then increases proportionately towards the butt guides where the real limits to the threadless guide wraps will be realized.