How to Open a Fishing Rod
- 1). Remove the hook, lure or tackle from the fishing line on the rod. Reel in all line into the reel.
- 2). Hold the rod between your legs, with the top portion sticking out. Grip the top rod blank and look down the rod to find the ferrule sleeve -- a wide spot where the two rod blanks connect.
- 3). Twist the rod blank at the ferrule counterclockwise. Pull up on the rod blank at the tip as your turn and slowly pull it off the rod.
- 4). Push the rod up between your legs to the next ferrule sleeve and remove the top rod blank with the twist-and-pull motion.
- 5). Continue down the rod with the twist-and-pull technique until all rod blanks are off and the rod is opened for transport.
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