Ooops...Stupid Mistake....

[Pemi-Man]

...I don't know how many times I've read JC saying "always point the rod behind you when walking", well stupid me took a stumble in the river while holding my rod...in front of me...and I snapped the tip top right off.

My question pertains to fixing this...or merely putting a new tip top on it. I've never built a rod so I don't know how the sizing works. I measured the diameter with a pair of calipers and it's .070" where it broke off. I looked at H&H and don't have a clue what to buy necause everything is 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5...etc. Can anybody give me some input on how this sizing works and recommend what I can do, if anything?

The rod is a 4 piece Redington Crosswater, cheap enough and I do have my spare that I'm using in the meantime, but now I don't have a spare and want this one repaired for the next time I decide to do something stupid.

Thanks!

-Pemi

[J Castwell]

no warrantee?

[Betty Hiner]

If you don't use the warrantee (time constraints?), and just want a quick fix as a standby rod, take the tip section to a fly shop and "try on" different sized tip-tops. Or, if you don't have a shop in your town, or close by, tell H&H the measurments and they could suggest a couple sizes that may work. They're fairly inexpensive, even if you buy a few of them, try them on to size, and ask the guys at H&H what their return policy s on the ones that don't fit.

Pemi-Man;
A lot of shops will replace the tip top for the cost of the tip top.

[flyfisherjoe]

Pemi-Man, .070 is a 4.5 tip. Tips are measured in 64ths of an inch.

[dleo6446]

Joe has it....you can always divide the micrometer or dial caliper reading by .015625 to get the 64ths

[Pemi-Man]

Thanks for the info, think I'm just going to order the tip and have a go at it!

-Pemi