Check out this url for a description of Graphite USA rods. And
prices...........and you all think custom builders charge to much...yeesh!

http://www.charkbait.com/cs/csrodsGraphiteUSA.htm

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"The Shadow"
Millennium Rods
"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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""The Shadow"" wrote in message
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Let me put it this way, blank manufacturers have many options today as
to
the material used in a blank.

As I stated in a recent article, many blanks are a combination of the
various moduli o. This is why we are now seeing blanks with a higher
modulus rating that can withstand the rigors that average anglers put
them
through.

But still, if a blank is built with primarily a 65 million modulus weave
graphite to a) maintain thin walls, while reducing the overall weight .
and
b) to increase the sensitivity of the blank. Then yes that blank will be
more susceptible to failure.

As yet I have not seen or heard of any new "miracle"
material, which will give the manufacturers the high modulus ratings
they
seek, and still provide the strength
necessary to hold up to the average angler. Quite honestly I do not
believe
that the everyday angler has need for these rods. Course that is just
MHO,
and we all know the adage concerning opinions o



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"The Shadow"
Millennium Rods
"BassAngler" wrote in message
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Dave wrote: "You are correct to think that the higher the modulus of
the
graphite weave the more brittle it becomes."

Now Dave, is that correct with Today's materials?

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Craig Baugher






Boron rods were the most sensitive. Can not remember who built them, but
the lightest, most sensitive and most fragile rods ever built. One of the
sal****er graphite rod makers are (GUSA I think) advertises a helix wound
rod, that supposed to be much less fragile as it does not collapse to an
oval under heavy load. The design of rods with modern fibers is still in
it's youth.
bill