How To Get Your Rod Apart

By A. Sayward Lamb

If your fly rod does not come apart with the usual pulling using your arms, try this. Stand up and place the fly rod behind your knees. Grab the fly rod firmly with each hand, which should be placed in the area of your knees, and then apply outward pressure with your legs. This gives you more leverage than pulling with your arms, and also applies the force in a straight line, to avoid breaking your fly rod.