Repairing a fishing rod: A complete guide to restoring your equipment

Repairing a fishing rod.

Today I'm offering a tutorial that will show you how to repair a fishing rod broken at the butt.

This area of the rod, unlike the tip, is not subject to heavy stress. The repair therefore simply involves "sleeving" the two pieces of rod.

To do this, I simply use:

• A striped trunnion with a diameter almost equivalent to the rod's internal diameter;
• a carbon tube for finishing, slightly larger in diameter than the rod;
• Two-component Epoxy glue, here from Tuff Glue Rodbuilder's Republic.

So I start by removing two decorative Wrappings that will get in the way of my carbon tube. I take the opportunity to lightly sand the rod in preparation for the glue.

I then cut a piece of trunnion about ten centimeters long, trace its middle, and coat one of the two parts with glue.

I position this trunnion in one of the two parts of my broken cane.

I then let it dry while my glue sets well. Repairing a fishing rod requires a bit of patience and application, but it's really within everyone's reach!

Once dry, I coat my two pieces of cane with glue and thread my carbon tube over them.

I let it dry and that's it! It's finished!

Not so complicated after all ;-)

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