Electrical Tape to Keep Double-handed Rods Together

Electrical Tape to Keep Double-handed Rods Together

If you’re one of those folks that likes to swing flies for salmon, steelhead, or even trout and uses a longer two-handed spey or switch rod, electrical tape can work wonders as a prophylactic for fly rod breakage.

Swinging two-handed rods with heavy lines and big flies puts a ton of pressure and force on the fly rod’s ferrules, and loose ferrules can often break rods: Wax Your Ferrules to Avoid Broken Fly Rods (ferrule hack #1).

Beyond waxing your ferrules, here’s a simple hack: wrapping the connections with electrical tape (ferrule hack #2).

Simply take a wrap or two around each rod section with common electrical tape and voilà, your rod will not come apart–or at least until you remove. Electrical tape is extremely durable and its adhesives won’t damage your fly rod.

In addition, if you’re a person that keeps a smaller, one-handed rod together all season for quick jaunts to your local pond or stream, or maybe you’re a fly-fishing guide, this also is a good solution. Electrical tape can secure your fly rod and any loose ferrules during travel, particularly on bumpy gravel roads etc.