Philf Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 Save the guides off your old rods. Had the ceramic break on a guide the other day.I Remembered I’d saved some from about 10 years ago from an old rod had put them in a ziplock. I just heated up the windings on the rod with a lighter and pulled the broken guide out with a pliers. Mixed up a little epoxy coated the foot of the old guide that I had saved that was about the same size slipped it under the windings added a little more epoxy and I was good to go. Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike G Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 Good tip. I'll go on further. Save the broken rod too. You can use sections of the old rod blank to make internal or external splints to fix broken rods. I used a 4" section of a broken rod handle telescoped over a section of the blank to extend the handle of a 6' 6" spinning rod. At 6' 10" the rod has much better balance. It is one of my favorites. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philf Posted December 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 Very good. This is why you should never throw anything away. I turned a few broken rods into ice fishing rods Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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