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However, some anglers simply must have 50mm butt rings. When asked to fit them I have always used Kigans because I can get them quickly. Recently I built a set of 3.25lb Torrix carp rods for a regular customer (I've built a few sets of these rods over the last year or so, in fact) to my usual spec with 40mm butt rings and 12 mm tips. After a few weeks he decided he wanted 50-16 rings on them. As they had been built with FujiBSVOGs the cheapest option was to remove the rings and move them up a place, fitting matching 50mm butt rings and swapping out the tips. Now, I had never set eyes on a 50mm BSVOG before, and when I finally got hold of three (from Mudhole as H&H don't have any...) I was shocked to see how bulky they are. The frames are thick and there seems to be a double thickness around the liner. The fold-down rings from the previous post look a lot better, and are lighter too.
With this new-found knowledge I will in future always be fitting Kigans when a 50mm ring set is requested. They are not as nice a ring to work with compared to a Fuji, but they make for a more practical fishing rod.
No fishing in Lumbland at the moment as I can't get motivated. Too cold for me to go chasing nocturnal summer predators, and the tench bug still hasn't bitten. Every time there's a warm sunny day I get the itch to catch some tench, but those days are tending to be followed by cool, wet and windy ones like today, and the itch goes away.
