My 10 wt. graphite rod was damaged, probably by a Clouser hitting it. It is right at the joint of one of the sections. It is the female joint and it has a split in it about 1/8" I do not see the split open up when the sections are fully attached, but if I put pressure on the split by only inserting an inch of the male section I can see the split open up.

What I did is wrap that female ferrule with two layers of tight wrap and then put hard head (a polyurethene) over it. Does anyone have experience or opinions about weather or not this type of repair should hold?

jed