…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.
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.