Rod eye repair?

I was using my bait caster when I noticed it started feeling weird for
casting and such. Upon checking it out, it seems the rubber/plastic piece
in the last eye-hole is gone. Can I buy a replacement for this? Is it
necessary? I can't imagine it's a good thing not to have it there. Thanks
in advance.

Christopher

You can get a tip replacement kit at the sporting goods store, but I'm not
sure of the best way to remove the old one. I've only had to do this kind
of repair on a broken tip.

Rich P


"Christopher P. Cericola" wrote in message
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I was using my bait caster when I noticed it started feeling weird for
casting and such. Upon checking it out, it seems the rubber/plastic piece
in the last eye-hole is gone. Can I buy a replacement for this? Is it
necessary? I can't imagine it's a good thing not to have it there. Thanks
in advance.

Christopher

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
On high quality rods you can usually remove them by heating the metal tube
and pulling the tip off the rod. On many cheap rods the tip of the rod
melts when you try to get metal hot enough to get the tip off hte rod.

Wouldn't know if you'd call it high quality or not..it's a BPS extreme.
Think it's best if I let my local tackle shop take care of it? I'd rather
not deal with shipping it back to BPS and such as I'm sure this will take
much longer than necessary.

Christopher

Keeping a rod for a week for a repair that takes about three minutes....
that seems a little long to me. I've taken my rod into a tackle shop and
watched while the clerk found the correct size and quality replacement
guide, removed the old one, heated up and positioned it, and then charged me
just the cost of the replacement guide. (One advantage of being a regular
customer at an independent tackle shop as opposed to a Wal-mart shopper, I
guess.)

Guys like The Rodmaker and Steve Huber probably take more pains to ensure it
is the correct material and that it lines up perfectly, but even they don't
spend too much time on such a simple operation.

If you're concerned about damaging the fiberglass rod, then just apply the
heat to the eye itself while putting gentle outward pressure on the guide
tube with needlenose pliers. The heat will conduct through the metal and
will melt the glue.

I recommend a sliver of hot glue shaved off and tucked into the guide
shaft.... melted and then slid over the rod tip. Thinking ahead, my guess is
that tip will be easier to remove the next time than if it were epoxied on.
--
Joe Haubenreich
www.secretweaponlures.com
First real spinnerbait change in 50 years!
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"Marty" wrote in message
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Wouldn't know if you'd call it high quality or not..it's a BPS extreme.
Think it's best if I let my local tackle shop take care of it?

Only you can answer that. But if I can replace a tip-top, anyone can. Like
others said, heat the tube, then pull it off with pliers. Remove old dried
glue from the rod tip, then apply hot melt glue (some guys recommend
5-minute epoxy and other adhesives) and slip the new tip-top over the rod
tip. On the other hand, if the tackle shop's price is reasonable and they
don't have to keep the rod too long, I'd consider that. Here, I'd have to
leave the rod for a minimum of one week, and probably longer, because they
contract it out, they don't do it in-house.

I'd rather
not deal with shipping it back to BPS and such as I'm sure this will take
much longer than necessary.

I wouldn't even consider that except as a very last resort.

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
On high quality rods you can usually remove them by heating the metal tube
and pulling the tip off the rod. On many cheap rods the tip of the rod
melts when you try to get metal hot enough to get the tip off hte rod.

Any rod blank will melt if enough heat is applied, it doesn't matter what
the quality of the blank is. The trick is to apply a pulling/twisting
motion as the heat is applied. Then you can be assured that you haven't
heated the tip too much.

Chris, the insert in the guide is definitely needed and if you've been
fishing with the insert missing, you'd better check your line to make sure
that it hasn't been chewed up by the damaged tip.

You should be able to buy new tips at just about any sporting goods store,
and usually tip replacement can be done while you wait. DON'T fish the rod
until the repair is made.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
message ...
Chris, the insert in the guide is definitely needed and if you've been
fishing with the insert missing, you'd better check your line to make sure
that it hasn't been chewed up by the damaged tip.

Already check that..it was only one cast but I'll probably still strip it
all off(especially since I seem low).

You should be able to buy new tips at just about any sporting goods store,
and usually tip replacement can be done while you wait. DON'T fish the rod
until the repair is made.

I haven't. It makes me sad.

Thank to you Steve and thank to everyone else who also chimed in with great
advice.

Christopher

My local pro shop makes the repair in 5 minutes and charges $3. I would call
around or do it yourself.

"Christopher P. Cericola" wrote in message
roups.com...
I was using my bait caster when I noticed it started feeling weird for
casting and such. Upon checking it out, it seems the rubber/plastic piece
in the last eye-hole is gone. Can I buy a replacement for this? Is it
necessary? I can't imagine it's a good thing not to have it there.
Thanks
in advance.

Christopher

My local pro shop makes the repair in 5 minutes and charges $3. I would call
around or do it yourself.

"Christopher P. Cericola" wrote in message
roups.com...
I was using my bait caster when I noticed it started feeling weird for
casting and such. Upon checking it out, it seems the rubber/plastic piece
in the last eye-hole is gone. Can I buy a replacement for this? Is it
necessary? I can't imagine it's a good thing not to have it there.
Thanks
in advance.

Christopher

If you keep a couple of different sizes of tiptops in your tackle box , the
repair can be done by anyone while on the water. Simply keep a stick of the
Fuji hot melt glue and a lighter handy. If you have a pair of those
fishermen's forceps you can avoid burnt fingers. Just carefully heat the
tiptop and pull it off the blank tip. Then heat some of the glue onto the
blank tip and quickly slide the replacement tip on. Yer back fishing in 5
min. or less.

--
Dave Norton
The RodMaker
Millennium Custom Rods
"Richard Liebert" wrote in message
...
My local pro shop makes the repair in 5 minutes and charges $3. I would
call
around or do it yourself.

"Christopher P. Cericola" wrote in message
roups.com...
I was using my bait caster when I noticed it started feeling weird for
casting and such. Upon checking it out, it seems the rubber/plastic
piece
in the last eye-hole is gone. Can I buy a replacement for this? Is it
necessary? I can't imagine it's a good thing not to have it there.
Thanks
in advance.

Christopher

Sorry folks, a stupid question:
What is the purpose of the thread at the tiptop?
Thanks,
Nikolay

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004, D. Norton wrote:

If you keep a couple of different sizes of tiptops in your tackle box , the
repair can be done by anyone while on the water. Simply keep a stick of the
Fuji hot melt glue and a lighter handy. If you have a pair of those
fishermen's forceps you can avoid burnt fingers. Just carefully heat the
tiptop and pull it off the blank tip. Then heat some of the glue onto the
blank tip and quickly slide the replacement tip on. Yer back fishing in 5
min. or less.

--
Dave Norton
The RodMaker
Millennium Custom Rods
"Richard Liebert" wrote in message
...
My local pro shop makes the repair in 5 minutes and charges $3. I would
call
around or do it yourself.

"Christopher P. Cericola" wrote in message
roups.com...
I was using my bait caster when I noticed it started feeling weird for
casting and such. Upon checking it out, it seems the rubber/plastic
piece
in the last eye-hole is gone. Can I buy a replacement for this? Is it
necessary? I can't imagine it's a good thing not to have it there.
Thanks
in advance.

Christopher