do you think, that these extra or extended wraps might stiffen a carbon blank as well?
I'm talking about the blank I bought from Dorber.
Rene
Tony Spezio wrote:
Don, Rene says I am an expert. The only experts I know of is someone with a briefcase fifty miles from home. I don't own a briefcase. I agree with you 100 % on this. The intermediate wraps will stiffen a rod, adding additional weight to the tip section will slow a rod down. Long wraps on the guides will stiffen a rod. This I know for a fact. I have taken some soft blanks and made longer than normal wraps on the guides. This made the rod a lot stiffer than the same blank with shorter wraps to where it cast better with one size heavier line. On making bamboo rods, .002 is added to the strips to bring the line up one weight. To make a bamboo rod faster other than additional heat treating, some thickness is removed from the tip section. I was always told that the intermediate wraps on the pre 20's rods were to help keep the rod together. Hide glue was used, and it is strong but moisture will take it's toll on it. Tony
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