20mules wrote:
My dad taught me that trick way back in the early 50's and passed it on to my children and Gandchildren so I thought that is how everyone put their poles together. Guess I was wrong.
A fly fishing buddy rubbed a wax candle on the male joints. I forgot the nose oil method used on metal joints my dad taught me in the 1950s. I inherited many old rods with metal joints and use the candle wax method.