Cool. I once packed a stuck rod in a snowbank and left it overnight. Worked like a charm!

 

A pair of these may come in handy sometime too. I do find iceing helpful.

 

Has anyone used these arrow pullers? Looks like a great thing to have in the shop.
I see rubber and silicone for sale. Anyone use either?

 

I've worked in the bike industry for 13 years and it's ALWAYS great to see another way to use an old tube! Great idea!

-Andrew

 

I have used duct tape and it's worked every time. Make a loop for each hand with the sticky side out. Put your hands inside and grip the rod with sticky side and pull apart.
It works great, but sometimes you need to remove tape residue from the rod.

Im going to look into the arrow pullers. That looks perfect.

 

Liquid air upside down freeze the ferrule

 

All great ideas here.…

I always carry a can of penetrating oil for loosening stuck ferrules and lubing my reels. A drop of penetrating oil angled so it flows down inside the female metal, glass, or graphite ferrule works in all temps and is effective when warned in your pocket or vehicle for iced up ferrules when winter steelheading. Simply leave it for 15 minutes and it should penetrate and loosen the ferrule without any damage.
This is especially important with glued metal ferrules on vintage or modern cane rods which can separate from their base when pulled apart with excessive force.This can also damage the silk wraps and the varnished finish, which seal the ferrules to the cane.

Regards from the Restigouche ….Jim

 

Also the knee thing if by yourself

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I put a stuck rod in the Deschutes River for a bit to cool it off and it came apart. I no longer transport my rods in rod holders external to the vehicle in canyon summer heat.

 

This is a very informative thread! Thank for all the feedback and tips guys!

 

Knees has always worked for me with composite ferrules

2 guys opposing one another each with a hand on a section as though they were each taking the rod apart by themselves with bamboo or stuck metal on old glass.

 

I watched the video and it looks like the guy added some twisting of each half while he was pulling apart. I thought twisting was a big no-no and I learned that the hard way by pulling and then twisting my buddies Sage and the graphite split from the twisting motion.

Can you confirm that you should neve twist when pulling apart? - Mark

 

Never twist…

on edit: … ferruled bamboo rod.

 

Kelly's version works for me every time...

 

I travel with tape and rubber gloves, it works every time. Kelly kicks out a lot of good information

 

Had one stuck last week. Just waited until 10-11pm when the air temp cooled and it came right apart.

 

No voodoo, ice, odd yoga poses or frustration needed. $5 for 5 pair at Home Depot. I am part of a cult that hands them out to strangers on the river. A buddy I went to see on the NU had a rod stuck for 2 years. He tried ice, behind the knees and burly lumberjacks in the past. I put on my orange gloves and easily pulled it apart. He fell down and worshipped at my feet. I said rise my friend take these gloves and never be a silly goose again.

 

Hahaha great stories, about a very common problem🤠

 

I have always done the knee technique. Place the rod section behind your ditches of your knees and kinda sit in the air. Have both arms, on either side and push your knees against them. Like you are opening your stance. (Now that I explained it, it sounds ridiculous. I highly recommend looking it up for a video demonstration)

 

Alright- since I posted in this thread a few days or a week ago I got a 5 weight single hand stick so that even behind the knees couldn’t get it- mainly it was impossible to get that kind of purchase.
10 seconds with an ice cube and it came apart like nothing

 

 

Plumber pipe freeze spray works well.

 

I have a rod with the tip section stuck like it has gorilla glue on it. I was practicing on a hot day at the casting pond after having applied apparently way too much paraffin wax to the ferrules. I have tried all the above tricks and hacks and they have all failed miserably. First I tried icing it, then the arrow pullers, (took those right back to Bass Pro Shop), then the penetrating oil with the grippy gloves. After all that I’m “stuck” (pardon the pun) with a 3 pc 4pc 13 1/2’ 8wt Orvis Mission rod that will be damn hard to get on a plane with! That’s one of the many nice things about a spliced ferrule bamboo rods, never heard of one being stuck together after removing the tape. If anyone has some suggestions or is looking for a mint (test cast one time only) 3pc 1368 Mission please let me know.

 

You didn't mention that you tried the duct tape. That has worked every time for me. Video is above.

 

Oops my bad. I forgot to mention trying packing tape. I will now try duct tape and then the plumber’s freeze spray. If that doesn’t work I will break it over my knee which will fully test and take advantage of Orvis’s 25 year unconditional warranty ( just kidding, maybe….)!!!

 

The nice thing about my workmate trick, and also why I put it this thread, is that if you set it all up correctly, all the force applied will be in the longitudinal orientation of the rod (pardon my clumsy english). I had kind of tried everything that has been decribed in the posts first, and was worried to break the rod… If you cut long flat strips from old inner bike tires and wash them with soap or wipe them down with rubbing alcohol, they get very very grippy. First wrap both rod sections, as closeas possible to the ferrule. Depending on guide spacing, I think the longer the better. This can be done super tight without harming the rod. Then wrap two pieces of wood of a length that match the wraps around the rod. These will be screwed to the workmate . After that wrap the rod and wood pieces together. I was amazed how much force I could apply without any risk of damage. If you follow this procedure nothing wil slip. Rubber compressed onn rubber Last step is screwing the wood pieces down on the closed workmate. Pre drill the wood pieces to avoid splitting (Got this wrong myself on the first try😬) and use four screws per side to avoid any twisting or lifting. Also make sure that the workmate jaws (shelves?) will stay flat.
After I had prepared everything correctly, the stuck ferrule loosened very cleanly when I turned the workmate jaws apart. Hope you find time for this before breaking the rod over your knee🤠