Send this picture to tackle shops and ask, i wouldn’t bet on fixing this without the right materials/experience.
Illustrious-Egg-5839 on
You can glue a new top eye onto it, but you can’t put those two pieces back together.
pan567 on
You can make it a shorter rod or replace it. For repair, there are DIY repair kits and most shops will also offer professional repair as a service.
fishing_6377 on
I would remove the guide below the break and add a new tip. Use a heat gun or lighter to heat up the epoxy on the guide. When it softens, use pliers to pull off the guide and scrape the rest of the epoxy off.
Buy a replacement tip guide or heat up the broken one and remove just like you did with the other guide.
Sand the rod tip until the tip guide fits over the blank. Use a little epoxy on the rod tip and put the guide on. Make sure you get it lined up.
It will never be as good as the original before the break but the rod will be useable.
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Send this picture to tackle shops and ask, i wouldn’t bet on fixing this without the right materials/experience.
You can glue a new top eye onto it, but you can’t put those two pieces back together.
You can make it a shorter rod or replace it. For repair, there are DIY repair kits and most shops will also offer professional repair as a service.
I would remove the guide below the break and add a new tip. Use a heat gun or lighter to heat up the epoxy on the guide. When it softens, use pliers to pull off the guide and scrape the rest of the epoxy off.
Buy a replacement tip guide or heat up the broken one and remove just like you did with the other guide.
Sand the rod tip until the tip guide fits over the blank. Use a little epoxy on the rod tip and put the guide on. Make sure you get it lined up.
It will never be as good as the original before the break but the rod will be useable.
No. But. Yes. My 7′ rod went to a 6’9″ rod.