Curran a substitute for carbon?

[sagecaster]

I read an interesting article in the scotsman last week which highlighted an ingenious invention developed by a Fife company www.cellucomp.com/. They claim to have developed a material Curran which is an equal substitute to carbon fibre and bizarrely is made from cellulose extracted from carrots!

Cellucomp have developed fly rods which are due to be launched in March. They claim that these rods perform better on paper than a carbon rod. Has anyone of note used, or even been an integral part of the development process?

Is this the begining of the end of carbon?

[say]

Sagecaster,

I don't know about performing better on paper, I would be more interested on how they performed on the river... ;D

Seriously though, it was in the local news in Aberdeen and who knows where development will take us

SAY

[Fruin]

There is, apparently, a worldwide shortage of good carbon fibre, which is likely to drive up rod prices. If somebody has developed an alternative, that has got to be good, especially if it is a cheaper alternative with no detriment in performance.

[albyn73]

My mate was just telling me about this last and he said that one of the prototypes when they tested it and the rain came on the rod got brewers droop.I wonder if the patent will be bought by one of those big american companies, just like the two guys from dumbarton who many years ago developed an engine that ran on water instead of petrol, british companies did'nt want to know, so guess who bought it. Alas never to be heard of again.