broken rod
Submitted by antsey on Sat, 2010-09-11 21:19
hi guys last weekend i was moving spots and my mate had a bike so he took the rods,all the rods were ovaheads and i brought my baitcaster with me to try for smaller stuff and luckily enough my tcurve was on the bottom and im new 2 using graphite rods so idk wat it was but were the tcurve thing was it was like a protection over the rod and the bike scratched it off i was wondering if this can be fixed or if its still ok or do retire the rod
Dicey
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Dont fully understand what
Dont fully understand what happen to your rod, do you mean the clear coat on the rod?
antsey
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Date Joined: 13/02/10
yes
yes
Dicey
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If its a minor scratch its
If its a minor scratch its alright, but a really deep one then it may weaken the rod alot.
antsey
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Date Joined: 13/02/10
do i need to take it to a
do i need to take it to a tackle shop
Dicey
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no harm in bringing it in
no harm in bringing it in and showing them, it might just be minor and doesnt need fixing at all.
fishcrazy
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rod varnish
if theres no damage to the blank you could just go get some rod varnish or filler and touch her up ,its available most places
crasny1
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Gosh, scratches like that can endlessly harm graphite rods
My one and only bling rod is a Gloomi fly and that one I baby with cotton socks. The others are all graphite bar 2 trolling outfits, and they arent bling but not cheap, and if they get nicks on them I am fully aware their strenght goes down. I try not to but I am a lazy fisher, and inbetween fishing spots will just leave the terminal tackle on, and a jig/plastic or sinker loves nothing better than belting the blank.
So far only broke 2 Rods, one fly and one spin on fish that were IMO going to break the light gear anyway. A GT on an 6wt fly (shit was it fun though) and Noah on a 4kg spin rod (name escape me but its build by Bob Loomis, brother of Gloomi.
I dont like this particular brand and will find it and post the name.
Ah its an ATC.
Neels
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