Broken Rod - any use at all?

[melk]

Hi all,
Okay, I was dumb. I was at a fly fishing pond, an old(er) gentleman needed some help. So I wandered over. Long story short, the wind blew the truck door into the rod which I had stupidly left in the open area. Cracked the rod butt section - I wondered why I was having soooooooo much trouble casting! Is it worth stripping the guides off? Does anyone need/want a top section of an 8' 6" 4 wt? Do I just chuck the whole thing?
Thanks for helping my poor cause.
Mike

[Eric-WD]

Drill a hole in a dowel and use the tip as a ice fishing rod. .

Sorry to hear of your accident.

[coo2]

Can you post or PM a picture. There may be a way to salvage it.

[melk]

I'll try to post a pic. Usually I can't send one by PM, bout I'm willing to try!
Thanks,
Mike

[melk]

Okay. I did a lot of thinking, my wife for some reason calls them naps, and I think I may have "fixed" the rod. The cracks were all around the cylinder of the rod, the inner core being okay. There was about a 4" section that looked like the tentacles of a squid arranged around an axis. I took crushable super glue, marked the area, brushed carefully all around. I let it dry for 24 hours, did another application. I did a few test casts in the driveway and it held together! My wife says I now need to catch a fish to really test it. Those naps are worth every ZZZZZZZZZZZ!
Mike

[coo2]

Sounds like it might work. You may want to consider a thread wrap over it.

[melk]

Thanks - great idea! I'll get to it when the humidity here drops below 100 %
I'll get that done and then fish it.
Mike

[oldschoolcane]

If you really want to fix the rod, it can be repaired by finding a butt section from an expendable graphite or glass rod, measure and cut a section from the older rod that can be slipped over the section that's been damaged. You'll need to remove the stripping guide, epoxy the repair section in place and reattach the stripping guide. It may not be pretty but at least you can continue using the rod.