Broken rod tip. (Good thing it's slow now)

[Northdogboy]

Cleaning up today and find the tip of my good rod is broken. Where in Nanaimo can a guy go to get his saltwater rod fixed up.

 

[ryanb]

How much is broken off? If it's only a little bit you can buy a new tip guide for a couple bucks and epoxy it on the broken tip. Chances are you will never notice the difference. I've done this myself a couple times and it's all that can be done to"repair" a graphite rod anyways.

 

[Derby]

PNT Parksville

 

[TheBigGuy]

How much is broken off? If it's only a little bit you can buy a new tip guide for a couple bucks and epoxy it on the broken tip. Chances are you will never notice the difference. I've done this myself a couple times and it's all that can be done to"repair" a graphite rod anyways.

I don't use epoxy. I just use a glue gun to replace a tip top guide. It's not as strong as epoxy, but it's never come off that I recall. If you ever need to replace it again because of a chipped ceramic insert or damaged guide all you have to do is heat it and off it comes. You can keep a stick of glue easily in your tackle box for emergency repairs. A Bic lighter is all that's needed with a glue stick to glue a tip top back in place. Works for me.