My lovely wife decided i alt to not fish, and broke my beloved 10ft 6# harrison just above well 3inches above the furrel on the top section , now it is possible to repair it justbut what materials should i use, obversly i will have to put a piece of material into the break, but what should i use, its right close to an guide so will carry on the over wrap over the joint along to the end of the furrel to help with strenth, just need to know what material to use inside the break , was going to use a piece of dowel??????and epoxy that in with the whipping over the top.Any ideas peoples Gaz

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Don't you try it !

The only way to carry the load is with an overfit spigot - especially not with a weak material like dowelling on the inside . Solid carbon you might just get away with but the thing will never feel or fish the same after .

Best thing to do is get a replacement section from Harrison and fit the rings off the busted bit and forget the busted section after .

Tried most things

Best wishes

Steve P

Thats a nice rod
Takes Steves advice and try and get a new section.

Gary

[QUOTE=snaggit;832946]My lovely wife decided i alt to not fish, and broke my beloved 10ft 6# harrison

Snaggit, are you saying your dear wife deliberately broke your rod?
S.

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I would even go so far as to suggest finding a new wife

Thanks guys

ive bodged it for the time being and put a piece within the break which i cut off another old masterline fly rod, been epoxied overnight will run the whipping down over and see how it comes out. Will probley get a replacement , but arnt there blanks made in one piece then cut to sections??? so wont be exactly the same if true, but i suppose near as dame it
The wife managed to shut the rod in the gate after i had a few hours fishing, how she done it god knows, wasnt happy and made her cry , plus she felt awfull knowing its was my build, felt bad about making her cry thoughshe was very upset about itand lets face it ,its only abit of material which can be replaced. COW Gaz
I should have gone for a replacement wife 20 odd years ago , but forgot

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Barring a replacement section, you can get it to fish very nearly the same as it was before. In fixing it, you need to maintain the original bending properties of the rod without creating a weak spot or pinch point. An oversleeve is the way to go as Steve said. You need a piece of a fiberglass blank that fits snugly over the bare blank above and below where it broke. The fiberglass is less stiff than graphite, but will have a higher diameter and thus will have similar bending properties. For the sepcific procedure, you'll need to clean up the broken portion so there are no splinters shooting down into the blank and no cracks left over. Bevel the edges of the splice so that the thread wraps over neatly. Use a good 2-part epoxy to glue everything up and overwrap with thread to match the blank. If you can, put the new guide on the splint as well to minimize the wrapping required.

I've got 2 rods fixed this way and another that I need to do. They fish and feel just fine. That is an easy break to repair.

Thanks,
Rick

Ive done an undersleeve not that bothered as its knackered as far as im concerned , well the top section anyway , will either replace the top or a new blank, not having much luck with sourcing a top so might just go for a new blank, the wife wil have to pay for , as her mum had ago at her, and told her to replace it mums love me prefer to do the rod again as there are other sentimental reasons for it gaz

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