Is it possible to build a 2 peice 8' boat rod? I'm talking about a heavy cod or pollock rod for party boat use. We have found that traveling from here to there with a 8 footer is sometimes problematic at best. I have seen just one factory rod made that way and it was a Diawa that had the ferrule way down by the foregrip as to add strenght to the whole thing,however, it had a tendency to work loose. what say you ??

I just finished a tile rod that has an aluminum butt section 19" long that detaches from the main stem of the rod. This will not work loose as the ferrule has a locking nut.

Hi Frank,

You can take a 1 piece blank, cut it where you want and install metal ferrules. IMO never as good as factory installed glass ferrules but sometimes you don't have that option.

Purchase a 2 piece surf blank rated 40 or 50 #, trim the tip and butt sections to meet your needs. Lamiglas GSB 144 2 MH, 12', 2 pc, 50 # class, 6-16 oz lures. Years ago cod fish rods were made from cut down surf blanks as there were not many blank options as available today.

I will do some seeking out of info for you.

Just read Ken Preston's reply and made me think. How about a Slick Butt with an Aftco reel seat that has a ferrule. Cut the blank where you want and fit the tip section into the ferrule.

Capt Neil Faulkner



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/28/2012 07:49AM by Capt Neil Faulkner.

How about these
[www.mudhole.com]

Bill - willierods.com

There are/were reel seats available that have a built in ferule that has a locking nut in them.
Positive location too with a channel so it can only go together one way.
They are stainless with chrome finish and very strong.
Also heavy but we are not talking 1 oz blanks so thats moot.
I got some from Dennis Danku a few years ago if i recall correctly.
Post a request on the buy/sell page and i am sure somebody still has a bunch of them somewhere.

Aftco unibutts? John

thanks guys,,I appreciate your information,I like the idea of the Aftco uni butts ,they are expensive but very strong looking, anything else out there?

Pac Bay and American Tackle also have similar (but less expensive) type "uni" butts

yes,I saw those...,thanks Ken,,,how would you cover that slick butt for hand fishing pruposes?, could you use heat shrink tubing?

Yes - heat shrink tubing is exactly what I used. You will likely have to use two different diameters to accommodate the decrease in diameter of the aluminum butt.

OK,,,I like it....may take a closer look at the 2-peice blanks,also, thnks again for the info

Frank, I have a number of Varmac wood trolling butts and matching reel seats that are far less expensive than Uni-butts, and they can be customized by staining & finishing. The reel seats and wood butts I purchased directly from Varmac when they went out of bussiness years ago. e-mail me if interested at
rjruwe2@comcast.net and I will send you some pictures.