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Quick, Easy, and Durable Fishing Rod Repair
Uploaded on November 19, 2011If you break your flyrod (or any other fishing rod for that matter), take a small wooden dowel that fits snugly into both broken parts and cut it so that there are about one and a half to two inches of dowel on either side of the break, goop up the dowel with two part epoxy and spread evenly along the dowel piece. Stick dowel into ends of break, making sure that amount of dowel on each side is even, then let epoxy cure. Afterwards, take cloth such as a piece of old T-shirt (fairly clean), and wrap it (tightly!) around break, adding plenty of epoxy so that fabric is saturated, then let cure for 1-3 days depending on temp.
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Very much according to where the break is...if it is anywhere near the tip section, and that is often where the break occurs, than it doesn't work. The dowel would have to be way too thin, and it would stiffen that portion of the rod where flex is much needed. But it would work in the butt section according to how the break appears.
I agree completely, works on every part of the rod except the last 2 feet on a 9 foot 6wt rod.
I agree completely, works on every part of the rod except the last 2 feet on a 9 foot 6wt rod.
You do agree?..So what kinda dowel would you use if your rod broke at 2ft 1" from the tip?...a toothpick? Most of the action is in the tip section of a flyrod, and a dowel in that section would greatly disrupt the action.
I know a guy who have tried that. It was a lot of work because there is no magic dowel that is the perfect size for every rod so my friend had to bulk up the dowel with masking tape. It was either that or he would have had to sand down a bigger dowel to reduce the diameter. He was never happy with the rod afterwards. (The break was closer to the handle) I would just use another rod until I had the money to buy a replacement.
Interesting idea though I doubt I would be happy with the rod's action afterward. Recently I had a person ask me if I knew where he could get some ferrels (I believe that is what you call the socket for a 2 piece rod) after he snapped off his one piece rod between his boat and the dock. Has anyone tried this approach - put in a joint to make a broken 1 piece rod into a two piece?
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Very much according to where the break is...if it is anywhere near the tip section, and that is often where the break occurs, than it doesn't work. The dowel would have to be way too thin, and it would stiffen that portion of the rod where flex is much needed. But it would work in the butt section according to how the break appears.
I agree completely, works on every part of the rod except the last 2 feet on a 9 foot 6wt rod.
I agree completely, works on every part of the rod except the last 2 feet on a 9 foot 6wt rod.
You do agree?..So what kinda dowel would you use if your rod broke at 2ft 1" from the tip?...a toothpick? Most of the action is in the tip section of a flyrod, and a dowel in that section would greatly disrupt the action.
I know a guy who have tried that. It was a lot of work because there is no magic dowel that is the perfect size for every rod so my friend had to bulk up the dowel with masking tape. It was either that or he would have had to sand down a bigger dowel to reduce the diameter. He was never happy with the rod afterwards. (The break was closer to the handle) I would just use another rod until I had the money to buy a replacement.
Interesting idea though I doubt I would be happy with the rod's action afterward. Recently I had a person ask me if I knew where he could get some ferrels (I believe that is what you call the socket for a 2 piece rod) after he snapped off his one piece rod between his boat and the dock. Has anyone tried this approach - put in a joint to make a broken 1 piece rod into a two piece?
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