heat

[Brian50]

Will heat hurt your fly rod if you have in a case and under the seat out of direct sun light

 

[poopdeck]

Yes. Epoxy hates heat.

 

[poopdeck]

Yes. Epoxy hates heat but it would have to be very hot inside the car or stored in the car for a prolonged time. It's not difficult or cubersome to carry a broken down fly rod in and out of the car so why leave it in the there subjecting it to heat and theft.

 

[CRB]

Most rods are cured to 250*f. They should be stable to that temp.

 

[csoult]

I don't think you'll have any problems. I often store my rod in my vehicle for months at a time with no issues as of yet.

 

[Tiogadog]

Rods should be fine. I would worry about fly lines and tippets though

 

[geebee]

Tiogadog wrote:
Rods should be fine. I would worry about fly lines and tippets though

and flies - they fade in sunlight.

which can be quite useful if you can't quite get the colour right that you want.

on this subject of heat - how will the 86F & 88F temps affect the caddis and hendrickson hatches this weekend ?

i've often read of damp warm weather making for great hatches and damp cold weather nixing hatches, but never much about dry heat...

thoughts ?

cheers

Mark.

 

[Chaz]

I don't think so, but heat definitely impacts the life of your flyline.

 

[poopdeck]

Kept my golf clubs in my car one summer. After a couple months my club heads started flying off the clubs. At first I thought it was just the one club. After the third club I knew there was a problem. I learned about heat and epoxy and leaving my clubs in my car. Yes there are different forces at work but heat inside a car, over time, degrades epoxy. I stopped leaving my clubs in the car and my club heads stopped flying off. Not sure how it would effect a fly rod but why take a chance.