kennethmandel62

I've broken a couple tips, never as much as 4 inches, but what I always do is just go togander mountainand pick up some tips and some 2 mix Epoxy from the hardware storeand just put another tip on if the rod is worth it. I replaced a tip for one of my few gulf rods and it held up great. That 2-mix epoxy is all that rod builders used to secure tips anyway. The only thing is that since you dont have a rod roller to keep it turning you have to turn it yourself. So you want to make sure you get the expoxy the dries within 5-20min. It wont fully cure I think for around 24 hrs, but after 20-30min you wont have to keep turning it yourself. I just turned the tv on and sat there turning for a while. Thenpropped the rod straight upright so if anything the epoxy would run down evenly through the night. You may have to wrap some duck tape or something around the very tip to give the eye a tight fight on the rod and keep it from getting out of alignment while your're turning the rod. After 30-40 min's you should be good and you can just set your rod up. I've done this with three different rods and it's very simple and strong. Also if you have to use duck tape make sure you put a lot of epoxy inside thetip holebefore you slide it on.