easy fix?

[EWREX]

noticed my guide last outing - easy fix? any tips are appreciated!

[MickD]

I don't see an easy fix.  Guide has been bent and the wrap ruptured.  The guide can be straightened, but not in place.  and the wrap is not repairable.  Best solution is to take off both wraps, straighten the guide (or replace if it looks like the ring has been loosened or damaged-check for cracking by using a Q-tip rotated inside the ring-if it's cracked, the Q-tip will catch some fuzz), and rewrap.  

 

A good builder may be able to match the wrap color quite closely.  

[Heartland]

8 minutes ago, MickD said:

I don't see an easy fix.  Guide has been bent and the wrap ruptured.  The guide can be straightened, but not in place.  and the wrap is not repairable.  Best solution is to take off both wraps, straighten the guide (or replace if it looks like the ring has been loosened or damaged-check for cracking by using a Q-tip rotated inside the ring-if it's cracked, the Q-tip will catch some fuzz), and rewrap.  

 

A good builder may be able to match the wrap color quite closely.  

I agree purchase new or repair the original guide and have it re-wrapped.

[Alex from GA]

It's easy if you've ever wrapped a guide before.  It'll probably cost you more to DIY than to have it done.  You have to buy much more stuff than a rod builder already has.

[Guitarfish]

I just had a guide replaced by a local guy.  He kept it a few days then called and said come pick it up.  $15.

 

I gave him $20 anyway just because that's just plain cheap.  I would have had to spend $50 to get the right stuff.

[MickD]

If you want to go fishing before getting it fixed right, just tightly wrap over the foot of the guide while holding it down with electrical tape and you should be good to go.