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| Have been getting my rods shaped up with new guides and tips as were needed on a few. Got one back and the guy who does the guide work(and he does a nice job from my experience), anyway he clipped a note to one of my St Croix premiere rods, an older model, but nowhere near my oldest, and says that the light spots around the wrapping are where the rod itself is starting to come apart, and said the rod is getting some age from sun spots??!!
Now, I have felt that the guides themselves age and become brittle over the years, probably related somewhat to ultraviolet, but have never heard of the rod coming apart due to sunspots.
This guy has been a very good source of work and info in the past. I pretty much accept it, but anybody got some info on this? Just curious. I have a BPS rod that has a beautiful action that appears to have the clear coat separating from the body and that worries me, because I have never found anything like it in terms of light musky casting, so I need a plan to deal with that too, cause I'm not going to give that one up, even if it is a costly fix. |
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| I have. Rods are like most types of equipment and tools, they will wear out. However, it helps to retard the natural process with upkeep maintenance. I have heard of guys using furniture polish, which contains wax, to help slow uv damage. I personally dont, but I do keep them clean and I use a bag to transport them in. Only time they ever see sun is in use. I also found that when fishing in cold weather its hard on them to go from a heated room to a boat going 60 mph down the lake in 40 deg, naturally. The bag seemed to help with that also. Like you, I have access to a great rodsmith where I am, so I have been fortunate with some good advice. If he can fix yours now and you trust him, I would go ahead and have it done, at least that way it may not shatter when that 60 lb ski slams boatside. Just some ideas, hope that helps. |
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Location: South Bend, Indiana | kaw kaw - 6/19/2012 7:49 PM
put some 60 spf on it! ... ;)
get some aloe also... |
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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | Hope your rod has good medical insurance, that sounds serious! I've had rods get light colored spots but it's just the finish getting air underneath it in spots from nicks and dings. Posibility exists that you can get water in these spots too and on cold days it can freeze, expanding the tiny dinged spots even farther. Would the sun spots damage the rods through electromagnetic radiation? If you held your rod up during heavy sun spot activity would it get a buzz? |
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| newmuskyz - 6/19/2012 7:59 PM
However, it helps to retard the natural process with upkeep maintenance.elps.
That made me laugh |
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| If your rod has Obama care, the protective coating would be a spit polish. |
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Location: Smith Creek | You got some moisture under the clear coat. Take a blow drier to it for a few minutes or cigarette lighter to it for a few seconds and it will go away. Rod was probably exposed to moisture in storage. Likely won't affect the performance much, if at all. |
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Location: McFarland | The guy that works on my rods says to wipe them down with armor all once or twice a year. |
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| Well, picked up the phone and called ST Croix, after googling them and getting a phone number, and their take is that this is just a finish issue, not a rod integrity issue.
I have to say, I can't complain much about St. Croix rods, mine have been abused, bounced around, had the tips stepped on, and have shown remarkable durability in the face of at best, negligible care, perhaps negligent. |
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Location: The desert | Gregoire - 6/20/2012 6:46 AM
newmuskyz - 6/19/2012 7:59 PM
However, it helps to retard the natural process with upkeep maintenance.elps.
That made me laugh
Oh good, another intellect. |
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| Pointerpride102 - 6/20/2012 8:44 PM
Gregoire - 6/20/2012 6:46 AM
newmuskyz - 6/19/2012 7:59 PM
However, it helps to retard the natural process with upkeep maintenance.elps.
That made me laugh
Oh good, another intellect.
Smart people pay for education, but common sense is free. |
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Never heard of this before, anybody?