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Stuck sea rod
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OK! Get into a sort of knees bent position as if you are getting out of low chair. Hold the rod BEHIND your knee joints with closed fists. One fist either (out)side of your knees. The joint is in the middle. Now widen your knees as if doing an early Josephine Baker dance routine.
The extra force of your legs should (if your grip doesn't slip) part the rod. This is what you'd see if your were standing behind an angler doing this who had his back to you. As he spreads his knees he forces the rod open. Just take care not to fall over else you've busted the rod!
Some folk (although it spoils the varnish) after assembling a modern carbon fibre rod put electrician's tape over the joint to stop you casting the topmost joint off the rod. This can happen with modern non-locking spigot joints mostly. Or worst you split the bottom of the uppermost section. Which I did with a 9 foot Hardy Sovereign once.
Old two piece split cane rods had, some, a hook on the bottom most brass ferrule of the top section section. So you pushed together then turned to lock the joint.
The extra force of your legs should (if your grip doesn't slip) part the rod. This is what you'd see if your were standing behind an angler doing this who had his back to you. As he spreads his knees he forces the rod open. Just take care not to fall over else you've busted the rod!
Some folk (although it spoils the varnish) after assembling a modern carbon fibre rod put electrician's tape over the joint to stop you casting the topmost joint off the rod. This can happen with modern non-locking spigot joints mostly. Or worst you split the bottom of the uppermost section. Which I did with a 9 foot Hardy Sovereign once.
Old two piece split cane rods had, some, a hook on the bottom most brass ferrule of the top section section. So you pushed together then turned to lock the joint.
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Pellet Pinger
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I guarantee you will get it apart using this method, i used to work in a tackle shop in my youth and this worked
every time someone brought a stuck section in.
Get 2 people to grip the rod about a foot each side of the joint and pull (imagine tug of war) as they do this place your hand on the joint and roll it in a circular motion.
Thank me later
every time someone brought a stuck section in.
Get 2 people to grip the rod about a foot each side of the joint and pull (imagine tug of war) as they do this place your hand on the joint and roll it in a circular motion.
Thank me later
RescueMe0007
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many have mentioned both a spray of Relent or WD40, a little patience and the behind the knees trick. They've worked for me 100% in the past. To prevent it sticking in the first instance a little rub of slightly softened candle wax on the male part of the spigot can save a lot of bother!
If he tries this his Mrs will need to call an ambulance to get him back up again
Just get a taller freezer!
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Yes. That is something that I have heard too.
Smellydog
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With shoulders like that it should be easy!
wD40 can react with the resin on the unvarnished inside of the blank, so best avoided, but only brute force has worked for me - trap the butt section on a vice and twist. The best preparation for this operation is to have decided which new rod will replace it when/if it shatters…
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