JeannaJigs said:I thought this was going to be a photo of a beautiful first cast fish...and then my eyes feasted upon tragedy of the worst kind. Hope that gets replaced quickly for you!
flytrekker1007 said:Thats not uncommon with echo. I had 2 friends break three of them until we figured out that the echo's ferrules tend to come apart easily when casting. You just have to check them often. In the summer the rod expands a bit with heat so the ferrules stay together better, but in the winter they don't stay together as well. Can't really tell where yours broke, but I just thought i'd share the info. By the way, echo has a great warranty and I think it took my buddies a few weeks to get a new rod.
flytrekker1007 said:Thats not uncommon with echo. I had 2 friends break three of them until we figured out that the echo's ferrules tend to come apart easily when casting. You just have to check them often. In the summer the rod expands a bit with heat so the ferrules stay together better, but in the winter they don't stay together as well. Can't really tell where yours broke, but I just thought i'd share the info. By the way, echo has a great warranty and I think it took my buddies a few weeks to get a new rod.
ChezJfrey said:If that is the case, I was having a similar issue with my rod and found somewhere that suggested rubbing some wax on the end of the piece before inserting; that does a pretty good job of keeping them tight.
flytrekker1007 said:Weird because I have a st.croix switch with tight ferrules and the st. croix rod rep said the wax was so they wont stick together and make it easier to pull them apart. This is on a st.croix though.The biggest thing here is, always keep in mind to check the ferrules. Lets say for example, its a summer morning and im putting my rod together and its about 55-60 degrees. Ill continue to check the ferrules until it really starts to get warm. As soon as it reaches 80-90 degrees, the ferrules arent coming apart what so ever during your cast. Infact, I was on the Umpqua last summer and I had to figure out what the problem was, because the rod wasn't coming apart when I was trying to pack up. I figured the heat had something to do with it. I reached into my cooler and grabbed a piece of ice and rubbed the ferrules for a few minutes. They came right apart. If was pretty interesting.
Herefishyfishy said:I have the same problems with the ferrules on my Echo Switch. I have to constantly check and tighten.