07-25-2002, 12:56 AM
I'm glad you got your problem solved. A free exchange can't be beat.<br><br>In the event you, or anyone else snaps their rod, there is a way to repair, at least there was with glass rods. I haven't tried it on graphite which are more brittle and might not work.<br><br>I once snapped a one-piece Phillipson ultra light spinning rod in two. I was fishing in my '48 Mercury convertible hot rod, and put the driver's seat back back with the rod laying between the passenger and driver's seat backs.<br><br>Recalling a hint from some reading I had done, I purchased a metal ferrule whose female part snuggly took the broken ends. I filled the ferrule with cement and jammed the two pieces into it. I only used the female part of the ferrule. Another option would have been to use both parts and turn it into a two-piece rod, but it was only a five footer and I didn't see great benefit in a two-and-a half foot breakdown. Using only the female part, also retains more of the original action than using the whole ferrule. Although metal ferrules may be hard to find, the latest Netcraft catalog has them.<br><br>That was about 37 years ago and the rod, although somewhat less flexible, is still usable today!!<br><br>Somewhat related, I, many years ago, purchased an emergency rod repair kit. It consisted of several, different sized, aluminum, temporary ferrules. They were aluminum tubing with tightening nuts at each end. In a broken rod emergency, you select the appropriate sized ferrule, slip the broken ends into it, and tighten the nuts.<br><br>I know these work, in emergenies, as temporary repairs on graphite rods, because I used one to repair my brother-in-law's rod a couple years ago when he broke his rod at a high mountain lake. The repair is certainly a temporary one, but when you're 30 plus miles of ruttled road from the nearest store which probably only has low-quality rod/reel combos anyway, it's a godsend.<br><br>