BRUCE & WALKER – CUSTOM BUILT BLANK 11′ 1 1/2lb TC HEXAGRAPH CARP/BARBEL ROD

BRUCE & WALKER – CUSTOM BUILT BLANK 11′ 1 1/2lb TC HEXAGRAPH CARP/BARBEL ROD

£395.00

Out of stock

Description

In very good condition as it has only been lightly used and very well looked after, complete with Fuji stand-off rings, ox-blood silk whippings with intermediates throughout, 30″ smooth cork handle with an ALPS uplocking reel seat and presented in a bespoke handmade rod bag.

Hexagraph rods are now highly acclaimed all over the world. With the advent of the Hexagraph construction, it was obvious to most anglers that Bruce & Walker had pioneered a rod making concept which combined the best of tried and tested construction principles, with modern materials.

The original thinking with Hexagraph was to make rods which eliminated all the in-built shortcomings of tubular rods. Most prominent among these faults is for the tube to go into oval shape when put under stress or load, and for it then to lose considerable strength. Another problem manifests itself in the manufacturing process when the matrix of carbon is wound on to a mandrel. This leaves a ‘spine’ or portion of carbon which overlaps another. Due to the taper of the rod this ‘spine’ never runs true and it is the cause of inaccurate casting.

On a power to weight ratio, and length for length, Hexagraph has eclipsed the performance of any other production rod today.   They are highly labour intensive, just like the old split cane rods of yesteryear.  Each single Hexagraph rod takes a staggering 400 hours of labour to create, from start to finish.