16-02-2003, 02:58 AM
Steve
You forgot to mention where your from.
As far as squid poles go there is a brand called Aussie poles about $50 to $60
They are available in most reputable tackle shops
Stay away from the cheap Double Z brands as they break like toothpicks.
Now when you buy them you will have to cut the first 8 inches of the tip
the reason here being is the tip will not handle the weight of a big squid
and is some times to loght to hook squid properly
What I do is cut aprrox 8 inches of the tip and glue a Ferrel rod tip to the end
You know the last ferrel on the end of your rod tip I usally by a couple of medium Ferrels when Im buying new poles
Use nothing but 24 hour aryldyte this is a two part epoxy resin glue and is the perfect thing to glue the rod ferrels with.
Putting the ferrels on also makes putting line and jigs on I use a heavy line
on my poles 15Kg + and use clips at either end of the line One to clips the jig or lure to and the other to clip to the rod ferrel
But be warned all these types of collapsable poles are prone to spliting with age they start to split at the begining of each section . the splitting can be stopped by the use of electrical shrink wrap and can be applied to say the first five inches of every section of the rod( if you take out the plug at the butt off the rod you can slide all the sections out seperately) the shrink wrap dosent jam up the rod when you collapse it down and is great for giving extra strength to these rods buy either white or orange to give your rods more visability at night.
You forgot to mention where your from.
As far as squid poles go there is a brand called Aussie poles about $50 to $60
They are available in most reputable tackle shops
Stay away from the cheap Double Z brands as they break like toothpicks.
Now when you buy them you will have to cut the first 8 inches of the tip
the reason here being is the tip will not handle the weight of a big squid
and is some times to loght to hook squid properly
What I do is cut aprrox 8 inches of the tip and glue a Ferrel rod tip to the end
You know the last ferrel on the end of your rod tip I usally by a couple of medium Ferrels when Im buying new poles
Use nothing but 24 hour aryldyte this is a two part epoxy resin glue and is the perfect thing to glue the rod ferrels with.
Putting the ferrels on also makes putting line and jigs on I use a heavy line
on my poles 15Kg + and use clips at either end of the line One to clips the jig or lure to and the other to clip to the rod ferrel
But be warned all these types of collapsable poles are prone to spliting with age they start to split at the begining of each section . the splitting can be stopped by the use of electrical shrink wrap and can be applied to say the first five inches of every section of the rod( if you take out the plug at the butt off the rod you can slide all the sections out seperately) the shrink wrap dosent jam up the rod when you collapse it down and is great for giving extra strength to these rods buy either white or orange to give your rods more visability at night.