How to repair a broken fishing rod: a simple fix that lasts: part 2 Wrapping the repair

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We have broken our favourite fishing rod and now we need to repair it. In part two we'll wrap the repair that we made in part one.. The repair will be tough enough for us to keep fishing the rod as if it was still like new. By wrapping the repaired area we add strength and improve the appearance of the repair. See part one for the repair: • How to repair a broken...
I'll walk you through the process of the wrapping the repair using the simplest of equipment.
It just takes some thread and some epoxy glue. Be sure to use epoxy on the repair and not CA glue as it is not flexible.

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@Sheamus77 3 года назад

You made my day, that is a fact. I am so relieved that I searched for how to repair my beloved fishing rod. Thank you so much! You are very thorough and this is a top notch video in every way. Btw, lockdown is over so I’d like to remind you to purchase more epoxy Haha. Again thanks a million!

@danielnewman4876 Месяц назад

Fantastic tutorial , thank you sir

@abelabner 8 месяцев назад

most excellent thanks for sharing!!!

@johnlobsta3640 2 месяца назад

Excellent video! part 1 and 2! Thank you so much! #fishingdad

@Steve-rr3gc Месяц назад

I have 2 rods with the upper section broke 3-4” from tip. This won’t work. Any suggestions other than placing a nail/drill bit in at that give NO flex

@robertchadwick1552 Год назад

This is great. I can't wait to apply what you have taught to bring back a couple of favorite rods. Your video was very well done & you're an excellent teacher. Thank you.

@paulhenry100 9 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for this perfectly explained video. I hope I have managed to rescue my cherished Bruce & Walker rod. When I explained that the rod was broken, I was told that B&W no longer makes rods as they can't find the skilled labour. That makes this repair all the more important and valuable. All that remains now is to get it out n the water and see if it holds up. Very grateful to you.

@hooked4lifeca 9 месяцев назад

Always nice to read these stories, but sad to hear about Bruce & Walker. I have a few friends with their rods and they love them.

@keithwalker5078 Год назад

Outstanding repair, simple with tools we all have and materials.

@stevencurran2869 3 года назад

Going to fix my Grandsons fly rod after watching this I know I can do it. Thank You!

@daviddaniels6536 Год назад

Thank you you just saved a very important rod for me!

@dannytamus7018 2 года назад

Thank you, great video, I was heart broken last night when I sat on my favorite St Croix rod and broke the first piece, now I have hope that I can fix it.

@MrB-dp1lh 10 месяцев назад

Very nice videos plenty explanations and no crazy tools are used. I have to repair a Shimano rod and will do it in the way you showed. Thank you to share your experience with us anglers. Greetings from germany

@jwintherify 2 года назад

Great video, thank you. Broke and repaired my 4’6” St Croix one piece rod all in the same day using both videos Best part was I had everything for the repair at home already. My tip for a one piece rod is to carefully drill out the cork plug in the bottom of the grip, repair then replug the hole.

@johnhughes1203 2 года назад

Great series of videos; very helpful. A simple way to tension thread is to place the spool in a cup and run the thread through the pages of a large book. Also white thread for the repair will be clear after epoxy is applied and be nearly invisible.

@davetuting8281 3 года назад

Great videos. Now I can repair my Snowbee!

@leh3827 Год назад

Again, EXCELLENT!

@yatesbaitstv6796 3 года назад

my co angler broke my dobyns fury in half, then my wife broke my vendetta in half in the same week! thanks for the videos, going to repair both of them...

@DeltaBravo1234 Год назад

Mate loved it cheers im about to do mine now!

@harleymandk 3 года назад

you are a star--- love it!

@markusgarvey 3 года назад

Thanks, I Have an ugly stick I bought 30 years ago and It got shut in the door did a repair and I'm not happy with it. This will work perfect! I have caught over a thousand fish on the thing and even used it to feed myself when I lived in the wilderness for 2.5 years. The was a nice creek that flowed by my earth lodge and I could go any day and have 10 pan fryer brown trout in about 45 min with a brown rooster tail, just walking up the creek. I'm sad everytime I see it and just couldn't throw it away. Using a drill would make the wrapping easy with your box idea and holes instead of a V. Rheostat on a bench grinder?

@hooked4lifeca 3 года назад

Use whatever device turns the slowest. Not only will it help the wrapping, but it also functions to keep the rod turning while the epoxy cures, making for a nice finish.

@jimroe9460 3 года назад

that was great infoe thank u for the vidieo put it too use thank u again JIM ROE OKLAHOMA

@benniewilliams2019 2 года назад

Excellent video! My daughter had her brand new graphite 8 foot surf rod snap into between the 1st and 2nd guides below the tip guide! The hollow section of the rod at this point is tiny...1/32 inch. Too small to find 1, much less 2 tapered smaller graphite sections that will slide into it to do your repair I fear. Suggestions? Is a solid but tapered fiberglass section available this small. Maybe there is a cheap solid fiberglass pan fish rod this tiny? HELP!

@hooked4lifeca 2 года назад

1/32" piano wire is probably the only thing we could use as a spigot. You may be able to find some at hobby shops.

@gscotty311 2 года назад

Damn! I subscribed to your channel a couple days ago and have been nothing but pleased. AWESOME information. I love, what you would call, the “nerdy” information that you’ve gotten from experiments. So I have a discontinued St. Croix “Bank Robber” that I put the tip in the dirt while fishing the Beaverhead. It broke 1 & 1/2” below the tip. I’m planning to re-attach the eyelet and salvage what’s left the remaining section. The rod increases .007” at the point of the break so I will have sand a little insert the eyelet. From the new tip/break point on the remaining section there is a perceivable crack that extends 3/8.” Do I cut below that to avoid another future break? Or will it be fine? Epoxy enough with adding tips? I would imagine wrapping as you did here will add re-enforcement right? Great channel! Been thoroughly enjoying it! Thanks so much!

@hooked4lifeca 2 года назад

Thanks, I'd take off that 3/8" as well just to be sure. Filling with epoxy would probably be enough, but we're taking a chance of the crack continuing over time. I had to do a repair like this on a rod, sanding down the tip to fit the old tiptop and it worked like a charm.

@gscotty311 2 года назад

@@hooked4lifeca Awesome! Thanks!

@johngarrie2633 3 года назад

Grate info but I have a rod that is Solid inside . I will try reverse method instead of the inside I will try the outside hope it works 🤷🏼‍♂️

@hooked4lifeca 3 года назад

OK, this is a trickier repair than it might first seem. I'm guessing the break is at the tip of the rod, correct? Solid rods usually don't break low down. To ensure a good fit, the upper section of the rod break will have to have the guides and wraps removed so that we can slide the tapered donor rod section over it. In order to get the tapering to match we have to slide the donor section from the tip down to the break, epoxy that in place, then epoxy the top section to the bottom. Then to finish off, we have to remount the guides.

@tannerkrieg6984 4 года назад

This series was great info, going to come in handy for me. Mine broke about an inch or so from a guide, and it splintered to the epoxy on the guide. I am wanting to just leave the cracks and wrap it, but would you recommend I try and cut off the splintering to make a flat surface again? I was thinking about wrapping about a 3 or 4 inch section and covering around the guide as well and having it basically double up. Thanks for any help!

@hooked4lifeca 4 года назад

You could wrap over the splintered section, but that would require a very long spigot and wrapped section resulting in a heavy, stiff spot that could change the action noticeably. I'd be more inclined to cut off the splintered section, then taper the tip side of the spigot to get the two sections to snug up against each other. A small wrap would finish it off. The tapering of the spigot would be a pain, but I think the results would be better. Just make sure the inner spigot is fairly long to bridge the tapering.

@tannerkrieg6984 4 года назад

hooked4lifeca I really appreciate your advice! How long would you recommend the pieces to be? As inner spigot you mean the spigot that’s inside the main spigot? You seem to know a good bit about stresses! I just graduated as a mechanical engineer so I’m taking your advice all day long.

@hooked4lifeca 4 года назад

@@tannerkrieg6984 Congratulations on graduating as an engineer! I normally run the spigot 2" to 2.5" on either side of the break and the inner spigot is 50% the length of the outer spigot so as to spread out the load and not direct it through any one point. The trick is to get the inner and outer spigots to have the centre points aligned. in the case where we're stepping down the tip side of the spigot to accept the smaller diameter of the tip section, that introduces a bit of weakness where we thinned it out, so I'd be tempted to run the inner spigot a bit longer, in the 60% to 70% range.

@tannerkrieg6984 4 года назад

hooked4lifeca hey thanks man. Makes perfect sense, I’ll do that. Last question lol, does it matter the material? I found an old Zebco 33 combo I used when I was a kid that I was going to cut up, but it feels very different than a normal pole I’m used to...

@hooked4lifeca 4 года назад

@@tannerkrieg6984 I don't think it will make a big difference, but where the repair is located in the blank might. Old materials were tough, heavy and of low modulus. Putting old materials low down in the blank may not have any effect, but higher up in the blank, the repair may have a deadening effect on the action. Where possible I'd try to match materials, but when left with not much choice, I'd use what ever donor blank is available.

@christopherascherl2411 4 года назад

Before I watched this video series, I made similar repairs except I used wood dowels for the spigot and I wrapped it with 30 braid for several inches on either side. Mine works but it looks like crap and the action of the rod is definitely affected. How much does this change the action of the rod?

@hooked4lifeca 4 года назад

Very little change in the action as we're using the same material as the blank to make the repair. It will continue to flex through repair, just a little less so than the original. Older graphite fly rods used to have their ferrules made using a method similar to this. It's actually the best way to make a ferrule, but expensive, so the method has fallen out of favour. This ferruling method is considered to have the least effect on rod action. In the video I show a still image of an old fly rod with the spigot ferrule system.

@fastlilpig 3 года назад

If I wanted to avoid the "bumps" around the break and repair, couldn't I lightly and finely sand the area smooth before wrapping it? Thanks for any comments.

@hooked4lifeca 3 года назад

Yes you can. I'd suggest doing the sanding before assembly.

@harryd.stumpf534 3 года назад

Not all rods are hollow. Maybe the current ones are but not the ones I learned on.

@hooked4lifeca 3 года назад

My first few fishing rods were solid as well, but the vast majority today are tubular and this repair applies to them.

@SochinDachi 3 года назад

Could I use braided fishing line instead of thread?

@hooked4lifeca 3 года назад

Possibly, though if we epoxy over it, I would be concerned about the amount of absorption of the glue into the braid. It would be a good idea to do a trial first.

@sarahmcnemar2556 2 года назад

Can you tell a reason my brothers pole keeps messing up

@hooked4lifeca 2 года назад

Usually the problem is at the handle end of the pole.

@godzila70 2 года назад

Don't forget to buy new epoxy

@davetuting8281 3 года назад

I have a small issue. On closer inspection, the rod tip has been repaired in exactly the same spot. The old repair has involved the thinner part being cut down so it slides into the larger part, so a spigot repair doesn't seem to be viable. Any ideas please?

@hooked4lifeca 3 года назад

You could try an over sleeve, like the female end of a ferrule, sliding over both sections. The only problem with this approach and the reason why I didn't bring it up in the video - we often have to remove all of the guides from the top section of the break in order to slide the sleeve on.

@davetuting8281 3 года назад

If I were to strengthen the thinner part with a spigot and then insert it as it was, might that work?

@hooked4lifeca 3 года назад

@@davetuting8281 As long as we get a snug fit for the sleeve on both sections, it will probably work. Adding some extra strengthening is probably not a bad idea as this is a repair of a repair.

@davetuting8281 3 года назад

@@hooked4lifeca I'll give it a whirl and let you know how I get on. Thanks so much for your advice.

@wyomingtrout5581 4 года назад

I cannot find how you glued the pieces together in pt 1?

@hooked4lifeca 4 года назад

Part 1 is a different video.In that video, the assembly of the spigot starts at 6:20. The spigot into the butt section is at 7:40 and the upper section onto the spigot beginning at the 8:00 minute mark. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pj0Tmg2vwuo.html

@wyomingtrout5581 4 года назад

@@hooked4lifeca I see, you have to join the broken pieces with the spigot then wrap

@hooked4lifeca 4 года назад

@@wyomingtrout5581 Correct. Just be sure to use epoxy and not the CA glue that I used in the video. I used CA glue strictly for convenience. That stuff is not flexible and will break the glue bond under load.

@wyomingtrout5581 4 года назад

@@hooked4lifeca For the wrapping thread - would a monocord or perhaps a silk thread be preferred since is does not flatten out and fray on the final whip finish? I have both for fly tying purposes

@hooked4lifeca 4 года назад

@@wyomingtrout5581 I would use a thread that was absorbent and didn't flatten like floss, so the epoxy can get a grip on it. I was using a 1/0 UNI thread in the video, that had stayed round when wrapped and din't flatten, yet it wasn't slick. In your case, I'd prefer the silk over the monocore.