Rod Repair?

[MultiSpeciesFisherman]

roadwarrior suggested that I copy this thread from another section of the forum and ask the same question here. So here goes.

I cracked the tip of my rod. Not enough to break it off but enough to make it stay bent after catching a fish. I'm sure eventually it will break off. Anyway, is there anyone I can take the rod to to have them fix it? Or are those rod repair kits good enough? I'm hoping for a solution that doesn't take away any sensitivity. Please let me know.

[Rumslo]

There are a number of questions to consider. What type of rod (carbon blank, fiberglass), how long, what power and action, how far down the rod is the break. Generally anything you do will affect the sensitivity. Most often you best course is to cut the rod below the break and install a new tip. This prevents further cracking and can save a good rod. If you are unsure about the repair process, visit a good fishing store near you (take the rod with you) and often there is an experienced person to give you some ideas.

[BobP]

There's no way to make a broken rod tip "as good as new". To repair a broken blank properly, you need to epoxy an exactly fitted piece of graphite blank inside the broken tube and another exactly fitted piece, preferably fiberglass, on the outside. A rod tip interior is too small for the inside patch, plus any patch will add weight to the tip - just where you don't want the extra weight. So there really isn't a perfect fix for broken rod tips. Best you can do is what Fry says - cut it off and put on a new tip top guide. When it happens to one of my rods, I trash it unless the break is within 2" of the tip. The shortened blank will have a different, faster, casting action, which I usually don't like. The sensitivity usually remains the same. I make that rod my "loaner rod".

[Tony Monticelli]

first you have to clean the rod good.... next you go to the store and buy the same rod.. then after putting your new rod in the truck take out the old and go return it...