Yes, This subject has been disscused alot with my customers, and I've found from personal experience in building close to one thousand rods now, that in the last four or five years the better Manufactor's have made an effort to make multi piece rods on equal to the two piece rods. Slimmer, stronger & lighter has been there objective & faster also (in an effort to eliminating the neccesity of false casting (cane rod lovers - please don't shoot the messenger)). duncan ----- Original Message ----- From: Kent Lufkin Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 12:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Number of rod sections Good topic Roger. Like you, most of my rods are also two-piecers.
Historically, multi-piece rods were reputed to be much stiffer than
their two-piece counterparts in the same weight and model. But I have
also recently heard that most manufacturers are now using slightly
slower blanks to compensate for the extra stiffness imparted by
multiple ferrules so that contemporary multi-piece rods are quite
similar to their 2-piece siblings.
Last year I foolishly sold a 9 foot 4-piece Orvis Clearwater 4 wt
that cast like a dream. I 'traded up' to a 10-foot Sage XP 4-piece 4
wt that I thought would be a better float tube rod. Unfortunately,
the XP is MUCH less tolerant of my limited casting skills, perhaps
because of the extra foot in its butt section.
Multi-piece rods promise greater flexibility by stowing more easily
in checked luggage or in a backpack. Given similar actions to 2-piece
rods, future rods for me will probably all be multi-piecers.
Kent Lufkin
>At last count I had 13 flyrods in various weights, lengths, brands,
>and prices. Most of them purchased/acquired over the years have
>been of the two piece variety. I have purchased a few 3 and 4 piece
>rods and am finding that I tend to fish these much more than the two
>piece variety. Question I would pose to the group is given the same
>weight/brand of blank, what would be the difference in action
>between a two piece versus a 3, 4, or 5 section rod. Would it be
>heavier/lighter in feel. I have my own opinions, but since I have
>no identical brand/weight rods to compare, would be interested in
>finding out if any of you have the same rod, but in different
>numbers of sections, and how they compare. I find myself taking the
>rods with more sections just from the ease of carrying them.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Roger
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