Bent ferrule

[John in MT]

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. 

[Bill B]

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

[John in MT]

Thanks Bill, I'll give heat another go. 

[oc1]

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

[John in MT]

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.