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Tigger,

You cannot leave this thread unresolved. Talking with a rod builder and he suggested where the material in the top section came together one layer did not cure. and they snap back and forth.  I have no idea what the 'ell he's talking about.

Phone

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38 minutes ago, Phone said:

Tigger,

You cannot leave this thread unresolved. Talking with a rod builder and he suggested where the material in the top section came together one layer did not cure. and they snap back and forth.  I have no idea what the 'ell he's talking about.

Phone

That sounds like a possible reason Phone. If the wraps of fibre inside the blank haven't bonded on even a small part, I imagine that it would result in the tapping sound Ian is experiencing. If it is a tiny area, it would only make a noise when the rod is waggled in one direction, and not the other, and I can't see it compromising the action, or performance of the rod, to any noticeable extent. It would be almost impossible to detect without using some specialist equipment such as x ray, or ultrasound.

It seems to me to be the best explanation so far.

I was going to put up that I had a similar problem on an old pike rod I had. It had fully ceramic lined rod rings, and I found it was one of the linings that was very slightly loose. I only found out by taping every on of the rings, and then taking the tape off one at a time until it made the sound. I cured it by melting wax between the liner and the rod ring, and that cured it for a few months, then I repeated it.

John.

Angling is more than just catching fish, if it wasn't it would just be called 'catching'......... John

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GOZZER, 

I think we've all had a weirdo rod at one time or another. I will never forget why I still dislike braid. I changed line four times before I  finally discovered the line had scored the tip guide and the ceramic was slicing the line under pressure. That was in the early days of braid. Also, did you know epoxy that's set up will also cut line? YUP been there after a sloppy repair job

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3 hours ago, Phone said:

 

I think we've all had a weirdo rod at one time or another. 

Phone

All my rods are weirdos. That's why I never caught much, it had absolutely nothing to do with my abilities......honest. :D

 

 

Eat right, stay fit, die anyway.

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Thanks chaps, for your replies :).

Phone, that is a possibility!

I know John said it wouldn't compramise the action etc but i'm not sure if it would make it a weak spot?

Since hearing the ticking sound which must be close to a couple of seasons back now, I have caught lots of decent fish on it and it's been bent into ridiculous curves which would suggest that John is right .....fingers crossed he is anyhow!  :).

Thanks again gents for your input :).

 

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If you're anything like me Ian, once you hear something like that you can't unhear it. It's the same with the car, if I hear a slightly different sound, it seems to get louder until I find what it is. Others in the car think I'm imagining it.

If you've been hearing it for that length of time, and had some of those barbel on it, I wouldn't worry too much about it, even if it is blood annoying.

John

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My sons the same with his car hes always trying to pin down a noise and replacing bits that do not resolve it ,he gets rather annoyed when i tell him to turn up the stereo until it goes away!

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