Incidentally Magnus, I think that the modulus of the 3WT you brought down is very important. I have since broken another 3WT trying to carry a long 5WT line (not 10WT!). It popped just above the handle. Fault of the rod? Cheers, Paul The materials - yes those can be important. How well they were pu...

Gordy Found the video of Tim on rod breaks. He's so very good at explaining this stuff. Yes, I think the designers I was talking to were describing that sort of distributed break. There was some issue about guides and how that distributes stress, I don't recall why or what. They were cautious, clear...

Gordy As I recall they described a crush fracture, splits up two 'sides' then shards where the rod had splintered? The rod had flattened. This was a long time back at the Daiwa factory, the discussion was really about butt diameters, they were making a range of rod with slim butts and a range with w...

Paul Glad to hear you still recall my Greys 8ft 6in slow action #3 vs the 10/11 spey line. IMHO that suggested that outfit was sort of self-limiting, dealing with your casting input is ways which made it impossible for you to break that rod by casting. That rod was made using high strength and inter...

Get a video of the OP casting.

Magnus

Lasse your grasp on modern rod technology is clearly letting you down and it's the AFFTA who's at fault! Somehow? These issues are not new. Having dozens of special purpose fly rods is new, some rods benefit from specially designed lines which challenge the AFFTA standard. Most of the controversy is...

Another question - but this links with old rod building too. Do any of you tape the joints of your rods? For spey casting? AT one time B&W carbon double handers came with a roll of the tape they recommended. The idea was that twist during casting loosened the joints. Taping prevented that and re...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.traditionalfisherman.com%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ft%3D24332&psig=AOvVaw0GFs0aDlaWn31UB7flYyvg&ust=1607265718391000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCIC96sOJt-0CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAX Look for Hardy Lockfast joint - their version o...

Interesting discussion. On the cane rod and metal ferrule thing (bear in mind not all cane and wooden rods had ferrules, splices were widely used.) There were a few types of metal ferrule used for cane rods - some required twist, the sections were pushed together until a screw thingy at the top of t...

I'm curious about how long people get from a modern freshwater line - from new until worn out (cracked etc.)

Magnus