Broken rod help

George Adams wrote:
On Jan 14, 12:44 am, wrote:
I have to admit, I'm a little nervous about boiling my (relatively)
expensive rod. Is this pretty safe, and is gluing the rod back
together fairly straightforward?

Two suggestions:

First, ask around among the local fishermen and see if there is someone
in your area that repairs and/or builds rods. Nearly every area where
there is decent fishing will have one or two.

Second, how badly is the ring bent? If you can get a small brass
hammer, you might be able to tap it back into shape, at least well
enough to engage the threads and lock the reel. I'm assuming the reel
seat is uplocking, so the ring is at the rear, away from the rod.

I never had the problem with the reel , but I'm with George. You
shouldn't have to ask around too long to find someone who does a bit of
rod building.

I had a problem with one of the eyes on my rod... I'm not so good at
storing them safely through the winter. I was just going to bend it
back in place and throw on some epoxy. Glad i found someone who has
some rod experience, I was probably about to screw the whole rod up...
and it only ended up costing me $15 to have it fixed right.


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Ok... I'll start he any ROFFians live in Manhattan, interested in
earning a few bucks fixing a bent ring?

wrote:
Ok... I'll start he any ROFFians live in Manhattan, interested in
earning a few bucks fixing a bent ring?

Check my post "Reel seat repair"

Ok... I'll start he any ROFFians live in Manhattan, interested in
earning a few bucks fixing a bent ring?

wrote:
Ok... I'll start he any ROFFians live in Manhattan, interested in
earning a few bucks fixing a bent ring?

Before boiling your reel seat, drop over to www.rodbuilding.org and do
a search on this subject. You'll find many replys to your exact
question. Boiling your reel seat may be a bad idea depending on what
the seat insert is made from.

Jeff

wrote:
wrote:
Ok... I'll start he any ROFFians live in Manhattan, interested in
earning a few bucks fixing a bent ring?

Before boiling your reel seat, drop over to www.rodbuilding.org and do
a search on this subject. You'll find many replys to your exact
question. Boiling your reel seat may be a bad idea depending on what
the seat insert is made from.

Jeff

I have a friend who is DAMN good with rod building, maybe he will help
too. I think he's part of the rodbuilng group Jeff mentioned.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...id=135 935134

another relatively nearby possibility for repair work
might be Bruce Fisher. Check out
www.pennscreekangler.com
for info.

Tom Littleton wrote:
another relatively nearby possibility for repair work
might be Bruce Fisher. Check out
www.pennscreekangler.com
for info.

Hello, I would not boil the reel seat end of the rod. The adhesive and
resign they use in high end blanks has a very low temperature break
down point. I think its under 190 degrees. I'm sure at 212 it will harm
the blank. If its a struble uplocking reel seat and the only thing
holding the screw rings on is a small silver end cap. Then you can heat
just the end cap with a lighter for about 30 seconds and it will come
right off. Just pull on it with a glove so you dont burn you hand. I'll
bet its only 5 minute epoxy that holds the end cap on the reel seat. If
that dont work send it to the Penns clave with someone and I will fix
it for you. Bruce Fisher

Thanks so much for the info -- I'll try that with a lighter, and if it
doesn't work then I'll check in with you. Much appreciated...