I have a rod that is broken 18" from the tip. I do not have the piece that was broken off. It was a 7 Ft. 6 in. Spinning rod and now it is 6 Ft. Long. I have stripped the entire rod (reel seat, butt and fore grip, guides, and finish.) Is there any way to add an 18 " piece to the rod successfully or should I just rebuild it as a 6' rod?

Thanks,
Jon

The rod will be totally different from the original. Much stiffer and less forgiving. It just depend on what you want to use it for. If you can find a tip somewhere that will nearly match the broken tip, it can be added to the butt section.. Either with a sleeve or spigot.

There are various heroic efforts you can make to restore it, but nearly all will require a level of work and precision that sometimes it's just time to let the thing go and build a new rod.

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I would make a 6 foot rod and go with "I meant to do that". Besides the practice would be invaluable!

David A. Gaestel

David,
I would not rebuild it as a 6 foot rod. Rather, I would find a piece of blank that matched the previous tip section and glue it to the current rod.

If you found the right section - i.e. another blank, or another rod that is no longer being used - you could make the extension about 24 inches long and then the size would be right so that you could just slip it over the existing blank.

Then, either have a 2-piece rod - with one piece at 8 foot and the other piece at 2 feet. Or, you could glue the two pieces together for a one piece 8 foot rod.

The problem with taking the existing blank and turning it into a 6 foot rod, is that it is likely that there is very little - give - in the remaining part of the blank. If the rod had been a medium light, it would likely turn it into an extra heavy slow rod.

Good luck

kind of what I thought guys. It was already a mh, so I think it now will be a slow heavy action rod that I will build out as a bottom/drift salt water fishing rod.

thanks for the input!

I had a 7ft 3 inch high mod mhx that I just broke four inches off swinging a bass over. {dumb thing to do} Put a tip on it and since it was a very fast action rod it had no more action. Only thing it would be good for now is playing pool with it. Unless that rod has sentimental value I would use it for making a rod reamer! yes I know I might have got it covered under warranty but I will not do if its something dumb I did!

I had a 7ft 3 inch high mod mhx that I just broke four inches off swinging a bass over. {dumb thing to do} Put a tip on it and since it was a very fast action rod it had no more action. Only thing it would be good for now is playing pool with it. Unless that rod has sentimental value I would use it for making a rod reamer! yes I know I might have got it covered under warranty but I will not do if its something dumb I did!

haha Jim,

I was going to say reamer time myself. Your never gonna make that rod what it used to be. Time for the scrap pile until it can be usefull once again. Good for reamers, test wraps, ect.

Jon,

I've done several repairs, like Roger has outlined. Each one has been a fiberglass tip section, slipped over a graphite butt. The female end of the fiberglass tip is beveled, first, so the thread can wrap up it from the graphite rod after glue up. I used rod bond to secure the new tip sections on, wrapped them, and then finished them.

Each time I was also able to position a guide on the new "ferrule". All of these rods are still in service, with the oldest being over 15 years old.

It is great practice for rod repairs, and an easy way to save a favored rod. Just make sure you remove all of the damage, on your original rod section, before securing a new tip over it.

Take care,

Chris