Going through old gear, mostly my dads stuff that I inherited, I came across our old lake trout rods. One of them is an inexpensive 6-1/2' ish True Temper glass trolling rod with a wood handle and conventional guides. No line ratings on it I could find. It's setup with a Penn 309 and monel (wire) line. I remember fishing this rod when I was in high school (early - mid 1970's) - we used to troll for Lake Trout with T50 flatfish in 80'-120' of water with it.
It's a 2 piece rod and the ferrule is bent - I think it got stepped on. It's probably bent about 10-15 degrees. It's non-magnetic so I presume its chrome plated brass.
Mostly for something to do I'd like to fix it. I tried a bit of heat with a butane match but was unable to get the ferrule to budge. I don't want to burn the glass rod. I have no idea if they are held on with epoxy or some high temp heat stick. I did not see any signs of a pin and I have unwrapped the rod winding on the ferrule.
I have a metal lathe - I could make a bar the diameter of the male ferrule, then chuck the female ferrule and rod but section in the lathe and attempt to straighten it.
I could chuck up the rod and just machine the ferrule off and try to find a new one (Mudhole I presume would have them). For that matter I could probably just file through the brass and split it.
Suggestions?
When I get done with this project, I found his other mac rod also. Its a single piece rod in fair condition with a Penn 49 + Monel line on it. Not sure what I'll do with that setup.
John most likely the ferrule is held with a heat sensitive glue....a liberal amount of heat and it should come off....just go slow and give it a twist should come right off....Bill
Thanks Bill, I'll give heat another go.
it's probably ferrule cement melted on. Since the ferrule cannot be salvaged anyway, I'd cut/grind it off. When fiberglass is heated things can go wrong before you know it.
-steve
Ended up just putting it on the lathe and machining it off. I tried a bit more heat, but saw no evidence of the glue starting to soften.
Not terrible - other than dealing with getting through the chrome layer and then keeping the cuts light due to flex.