I have a 7'6" light wt rod that was broke about 7 inches from the tip. The break was "clean", like the blank was sawed in to. I didn't want to make a 6'11" rod so I tried to figure out how to repair it. The problem being the inside diameter of the blank was quite small. After playing around with various items to place in the blank I hit upon the idea of using a common sewing needle. I found one about 2'6" that fit snugly in the blank. I had to cut off the eye of the needle. I used superglue to anchor the needle then wrapped around the break, another shot of superglue and a couple of coats of spar varnish.

Yesterday I gave the rod a test and hit some small streams. I caught maybe 30 small trout, several pine trees and various rocks and other snags. The rod functioned without any problems. Hopefully it will continue to do so.

Tim