Whilst out on my last ST trip of the season I got my fly caught in some rushes and tuggged a little too hard and sharply and consequently snapped my rod leaving an inch of the top of the middle section inside the top section (which I have now retrieved).

Would it be possible to fix this inch back on to the middle section using epoxy and a carbon spiggot? alternatively could I glue a length of spiggot into the middle section and up into the top section in effect making the rod a two piece?

Cheers

Jon

If you have only lost an inch of the male joint, it should be possible to sand the section down to establish a new fit. Albeit leaving the mid section 1" shorter. This should not affect the action too much.

As you are thinning the wall of the blank down slightly at the joint you would then need to reinforce the joint internally by gluing in a piece of carbon fibre tubing to be sure that it was strong enough.


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Great, I'll give that a go. Thanks for taking time to reply.

Best

Jon

If you have the inch , it would pay you to try and get a piece of carbon tube to fit inside the section and fit the inch piece back on , on no account would I sand the section down If you lived near me I could repair that for you , I repair rods like this all the time, I have just done 2 with similar problems, Easker1

Personally from my experience, I would not trust the longevity of a repair done in that fashion. Very likely the original mid joint only inserts into the top section by 1.5". That leaves only a half inch of sound material. The rest is being supported by a very thin piece of inserted carbon that does not have the tensile strength of the original larger diameter joint.
Effectively you have created a hinge right on the cracked area. It may work in the short term, but if the top joint slip off again, it will fail very quickly at that joint.



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Hi Jon

I think a photo would be a good idea


gary

I have been doing these repairs for some time now and havent had any problems, , I am also an archer and can use carbon fibre arrow bits, these have a slightly thicker section than some rods, I have repaired B&W rods that B&W didnt want to know about, lets face it you have broken rod what have you got to lose by trying to repair it? easker 1