BLANK & FERRULE
BLANKS & FERRULES
BLANKS
Shafts for Larry Kenney Fly Rods are meticulously hand-crafted in a family-owned small factory in Japan.
The mandrels and cloth cutting patterns are of our own development, and nobody else can use them. Prototypes are tested in USA, Japan and other places for the intended performance, and several models took years to finalize. Our materials of choice are time-proven E-glass and epoxy resin system.
FERULES
Our rods feature semi-hollow flexible internal spigot ferrules that balance strength, weight and flexibility and allow for a continuous taper between rod sections.
The idea was Harry Wilson’s, founder of Scott fly rods.
Like Harry's, L Kenney ferrules differ from other internal ferrules in that they are made from stacked glass tubing and are semi-hollow rather than solid. That means spigot walls are almost solid for half an inch or so on either side of where they protrude from the butt section, then taper to a thinner wall at the tip of the ferrule and at its base inside the butt.
These ferrules provide maximum strength where it’s most needed, while also saving weight and minimizing the potential for a double wall fracture point at either end of the spigot. Just as important, the continuous diameters across sections maintains smooth power flow up the rod.
It’s a labor intensive system compared to the tip-over-butt ferrules made popular by Fenwick because everything needs to be hand-cut and tuned, but there’s no better method for achieving the smoothest casting feel.
