Bass Fishing HomeBass Fishing Forums

Go Back   BassFishin.Com Forums > Additional Categories > Casual Fishing Discussions & Novice Questions

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 07-09-09, 04:29 PM   #1
cakalaki_girl
BassFishin.Com Member
 
cakalaki_girl's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Jacksonville, NC
Posts: 80
Send a message via Yahoo to cakalaki_girl
Default Nooo!

I broke the tip off my new rod. not just the hoop. the tip too. can it be fixed? if so, how?
__________________
Failure is the path of least persistence
cakalaki_girl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-09, 04:37 PM   #2
JB
BassFishin.Com Premier Elite
 
JB's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 8,655
Default

nope you're done, happens to all of us now and then, either on setting the hook, a tailgate getting them, or picking them up by the tip on cheaper rods.
If its a high end rod you may be able to take it back and try to get another one. You can cut the rod down to the next eyelet and fish with it, it doesn't look the greatest but the rod and reel still will function,. I know it sucks I broke a brand new one off at Ky lake a few months ago, and will never buy that brand again.
JB is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-09, 04:49 PM   #3
MississippiBoy
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
 
MississippiBoy's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Ridgeland MS
Posts: 3,923
Default

How much of the tip did you break off? Walmart sells a repair kit with that last guide and some glue to fix catastrophes like that. It'll be shorter, but will still do the job.

Just ask my wife...LOL
__________________
I smell smoke, and I hear sirens. Do you think that's a problem?
MississippiBoy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-09, 05:02 PM   #4
BigBassin144
BassFishin.Com Premier Elite
 
BigBassin144's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Posts: 9,463
Send a message via AIM to BigBassin144
Default

Take it to back to where you bought it and beat the crap out of everyone there with it until they give you a new one!

You can guy a repair kit or cut it off to the next guide like JB said. Or just get a new rod.

(The baitmonkey votes for the last option.)

BB
__________________
As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!
BigBassin144 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-09, 05:12 PM   #5
MrPhotographer06
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
 
MrPhotographer06's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Fort Bragg, NC
Posts: 2,096
Send a message via AIM to MrPhotographer06
Default

i think i've broke at least 4 tips off, and i've always cut it to the next guide, then eventually get a tip repair kit. Dicks has the fugi kit, the best line guides IMO.
__________________
For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012
MrPhotographer06 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-09, 05:17 PM   #6
bamabassman
BassFishin.Com Premier Elite
 
bamabassman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: cedar bluff, alabama
Posts: 15,292
Default

it can be repaired.....we have the technology. seriously, it can be fixed.
__________________
so many lures, so little time.
bamabassman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-09, 06:47 PM   #7
BigBassin144
BassFishin.Com Premier Elite
 
BigBassin144's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Posts: 9,463
Send a message via AIM to BigBassin144
Default

Fuji's are the best, but unfortunately, those kits you buy aren't going to be close in quality to the tips on any decent mid price range and up rod. I mean think about it, three tips and glue for around 5.50. I paid 5 for one SiC tip when I built my flippin' stick. But there aren't many guides better than Fuji SiC, especially when it comes to braid.

BB
__________________
As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!
BigBassin144 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-09, 06:54 PM   #8
MallenManson
BassFishin.Com Premier Elite
 
MallenManson's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Beulah, Michigan
Posts: 6,431
Send a message via Yahoo to MallenManson
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by bamabassman View Post
it can be repaired.....we have the technology. seriously, it can be fixed.
Wow bama! You ARE old! lol
__________________
Bass fear me.
Women pepperspray me.....
MallenManson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-09, 08:13 PM   #9
nofearengineer
BassFishin.Com Premier Elite
 
nofearengineer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Southwest IN
Posts: 5,630
Default

"We can make his accent stronger... thicker... better?"
__________________
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.
nofearengineer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-09, 09:18 PM   #10
1/4 stick
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
 
1/4 stick's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Fayetteville, N.C.
Posts: 3,529
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by MallenManson View Post
Wow bama! You ARE old! lol
Reckon I am too then.
__________________
Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify
1/4 stick is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-11-09, 05:53 PM   #11
Jim80
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
 
Jim80's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Thomaston CT
Posts: 3,862
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by bamabassman View Post
it can be repaired.....we have the technology. seriously, it can be fixed.
Quote:
Originally Posted by MallenManson View Post
Wow bama! You ARE old! lol
He used that same line when we were talking on the phone


Jim
__________________
In memory of Zooker 1/11/73-7/2/2010. You will be sorely missed and never forgotten.
Jim80 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-11-09, 06:14 PM   #12
nosman11
BassFishin.Com Member
 
nosman11's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Florence, KY
Posts: 15
Default

JB weld with some duct tape

not the best but cheap!
__________________
Being patient isn't fun, that's why I fish for bass...
nosman11 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-11-09, 07:00 PM   #13
zooker
BassFishin.Com Premier Elite
 
zooker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: denton nc
Posts: 13,441
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by cakalaki_girl View Post
I broke the tip off my new rod. not just the hoop. the tip too. can it be fixed? if so, how?

how much of the tip?? 1" or 2"?? just sand it down and replace the tip with epoxy.. trick is they heat the glue in the tip when they build the rod..heat it up and the glue will come out....



you all need to ease up....she IS a heel after all same as ME.... i thought better from you 1/8 stick.....


zooker
__________________
the godfather..
aml in remission since 7-20-09
zooker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-11-09, 10:42 PM   #14
bamabassman
BassFishin.Com Premier Elite
 
bamabassman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: cedar bluff, alabama
Posts: 15,292
Default

zook buddy, they are cracking on me pal. it's cool bud. and you are right it depends on how much of the tip is broken off girl. can you tell us?
__________________
so many lures, so little time.
bamabassman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-09, 08:12 AM   #15
Lancer6
BassFishin.Com Veteran Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Somewhere out there
Posts: 734
Default

She didn't say she broke off more than just the tip...maybe an inch or so counting the guide. If that's the case all she needs to do is get a replacement tip guide...Wallyworld has 'em... of the tightest diameter tube that will slip onto the rod, force a tad of Gorilla Glue into the tube, force it on, being careful to align it with the other guides, and "Voila!". She'll need to make certain that it's a clean break or carefully gently saw off enough to assure she's not adding the new tip to a splintered stump.
Cutting the rod back to the first guide will KILL that rod's usefulness for anything but carp fishing.

L6
Lancer6 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-09, 09:19 AM   #16
MrPhotographer06
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
 
MrPhotographer06's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Fort Bragg, NC
Posts: 2,096
Send a message via AIM to MrPhotographer06
Default

when putting my line guides on and gluing them straight, i run the line through the first guide, then back down to the next one and tie it to the front of it, then reel up the slack, so it pulls the tip straight.
__________________
For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012
MrPhotographer06 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-12-09, 09:43 AM   #17
keithdog
BassFishin.Com Premier Elite
 
keithdog's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: IN
Posts: 8,308
Default

Great idea photographer!
keithdog is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Disclosure / Disclaimer
Before acting on the content posted, you should know that BassFishin.Com may benefit financially and otherwise from content, advertising, links or otherwise from anything you click on, read, or look at on our website. Click here to read our Disclosure Policy and Disclaimer.


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:50 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
© 2013 BassFishin.Com LLC