Graphite Rod repair needed

[fishfight]

When the damage is close to the tip, I believe nothing you can do to patch them together, you can still salvage the rod, but it will have to be shorter. The action will not be the same, The continued stress of fighting a fish will eventually break apart whatever you do to patch the broken section close to the tip.

The salvage shorter stiffer rod has its benefit. The tip might not be as sensitive for coarse fishing, but for cranking a lure , it will be even more effective using a rod with backbone versus using a noodle like rod.

To repair other broken section aside from the tip. You must cut any visible damage or crack on the graphite fiber, or it will eventually just stretch out more under duress. Once you are able to clean it, put some epoxy glue inside to strenthen that section before adding the final guide.

If the damage is somewhere else except the tip section, you can patch the rod by cutting a 3-5" section from another discarded rod, using a diameter that will compliment/fit the outer diameter of the original damage area of the rod. There are more procedure that needs to be done to strengthen that area. The action will not be the same, but the rod will still be usable. I posted the details on rod repair at Ontraiofishingforum site last year.

Wherever I see a damaged section of a rod on the ground, the rod guide or the section of a damage rod can come in handy one day to be use to repair our damage rod.

Extra guide are always useful in fixing our rod or add more guide to our existing rod. I was able to convert few rods from baitcasting to spinning rod, from long crappie rod to steelhead rods. We can also make a rod longer by adding another section in between.

Aikman at mississauga has old used rod section on sale cheap stocked in a barrel. we can always go check them and hope we can find a match for our damaged rod. They do have 6ft section at times.

Gander mountain in Buffalo sells 10 to 12ft steelhead salmon rod for $50. they go on sale for $30 at times especially after Christmas. Peter's at St catherine also have some Quantum 10' rod around $65.