You use the second tip to allow the first tip to dry out after a long period
of fishing. It aslo is handy if you break the first tip.
"Mr. Opus McDopus" wrote in message
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I've been gettin' schooled in bamboo lately, tryin' to find out exactly
what
happened to the Orvis rod I received. One thing that the Orvis folks and
several rod trader/dealers couldn't understand or fathom was that this rod
came originally with one tip.

I was given a reason for the extra tip and just wanted to find out if
other
folks knew this reason as well.

So, what is the reason for the extra tip?

Op