Fishing rods made out of carrots
I might have known - as soon as I purchase a new carbon rod (more on that in a few weeks) they bring out a new material for rods - Carrots
Two Fife scientists have developed a new material made from carrots to replace glass fibre found in everything from fishing rods to car parts.
The inventors, Dr David Hepworth and Dr Eric Whale, plan to start selling fishing rods made from the material, called Curran, next month.
They then hope to move on to carrot fibre snow boards.
The material is billed as a revolutionising performance product with unique strength and weight.
I can just see us all in 20 years - “oh yes, I was there at the start of the carrot revolution”
Source: BBC Rods will be a carrot to the fish
[tags]fishing rod design,carrot rods [/tags]
February 12th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
I heard about the carrot business on Radio 5 Live in the small hours last Wednesday - I thought I might be hearing things. In fact, I posted something to that effect on my blog (kraftys.blogspot.com/2007/02/dangling-carrot.html) about the same time you posted here. I searched the news pages at the BBC but couldn’t find anything. Your post and your link to the BBC article has cleared everything up just great - Thanks!
February 13th, 2007 at 7:11 am
I think we all posted at roughly the same time - I thought I had a nice wee scoop and then found that just about everyone had got there before me
Nice blog - I will add you to my links !
Alistair
March 2nd, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Before you get too excited about a carrot vegetable ror revolution. Read the patent. It does not state and improvement over carbon fibre composites. The patent only “suggests” and improved stiffnes and strength ove glass fibre composites. See the patent link attached. http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=WO2006056737&F=0
March 2nd, 2007 at 11:25 pm
Great find David
March 3rd, 2007 at 10:48 am
That’s a pity about the patent, I was looking forward to the ‘carrot take-over’ when I’d have been able to call myself ‘old school’ with my carbon rods
Changes in technology are interesting but what is their worth in fishing..?
OK, sometimes quite a lot!
But, if my old glass fly rods had not worn out I’d still be using them. My homemade 8 1/2′ Fibatube was lovely, none of my carbon rods compare.
March 3rd, 2007 at 10:59 am
I think some manufacturers are starting to produce glass rods again are they not ?
Its funny that - I always wonder what happens to all those great fly rods from, say, 20 years ago. Are they all just sitting in cuboards somewhere ?