I have an inexpensive fly blank that has an issue with the ferrule. It seems that the male section is making strong contact in the female section at a point about 3mm down from the tip of the male end, and there is a slight (tenth of a mm maybe) gap at the ferrule seam (at the end of the female section where the two pieces meet). Assuming I don't want to epoxy the two sections together, what would be the best repair?

1. Sand the tip of the male end so it can be inserted a mm or two further into the tip section.
2. Trim a mm off the female end to reduce the gap at the seam
3. Trim the female end (tip section) and construct an internal ferrule (very difficult, I know)
4. Other

Note: I want the repair to be permanent, so I don't want to use wax or teflon tape or scotch tape to fill in the gap.

I am leaning towards option #1

This was fully covered in an issue of RodMaker about a year ago. You need to trim just a tad from the end of the male section so it can extend further into the female section and fully seat along it's full length. Try cutting 1/8th inch and test fit.

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Thank you, Tom.

Is this an old rod Scott?

The reason I ask is back in the day tip over butt ferrules were designed to have a small gap at the base of the male. This allowed for
ware. If your rod mates up nice & tight and doesn't "click" or slip apart a "repair" isn't needed just because of a gap..

Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..

I think by gap he means in the circumference, not in a spigot.

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No, it is a newer rod blank, and it does "click" when flexed back and forth.

Tom Kirkman Wrote:
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> I think by gap he means in the circumference, not
> in a spigot.
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That is correct, Tom.

I will do the trim but will try to locate the RM article anyway.