"drwhittaker" wrote in message
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One of the eyes of my casting rod has lost the inner coating (the
plastic stuff that protects the line). It is the third eye down from
the tip. I have replaced the tip eye before, but this is the first
time that I have encountered this problem. The eye is basically ok
other than that. I wonder if I replace the coating some how? The rod
is a BPS Extreme, which uses Fiji eyes. If try to replace this eye, I
will have to remove that plastic wrap that hold the eye. Would that be
difficult to do without damaging the rod? Or I could just cut the eye
off. Suggestions?


Depends on the rod, but those are usually wrapped with thread and then
coated/soaked with resin. Epoxy works ok. On one BPS Bionic Blade the eye
came out on me. I just slid a new one in under the thread and epoxied it in
place. Worked great.

Of course you may want to simply hand it off to somebody else to take care
of. BPS is very liberal with its repair/return policy. If you don't want
to go the time and expense of shipping it back you might check the local
tackle shops for guys who do rod repair or rod building. Often there is
somebody around who is willing to replace an eyelet cheaper than you can
have it done under warranty from the manufacturer. G-Loomis charge $20 and
it takes a while. Same with Lamiglass except its only $14.50. That is on
top of shipping. If you pay local expert 10-20 dollars to do a repair its
done right and you can usually get it back in a couple days.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com