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Is it worth replacing rod eyes
Posted on 3/7/24 at 7:53 am
Posted on 3/7/24 at 7:53 am
Went on vacation and had to send a couple rods home with in laws due to space limitations. Now my rod is scraping the line. Closer investigation reveals the eyes at the ends of the rods are cracked. It’s like a stainless loop with ceramic insert. Is it worth replacing the ceramic? I don’t use expensive equipment. Roughly $100 for rod and reel.
I guess the real question is how hard is it and does it hold up. I don’t want to fight my equipment or lose a nice fish to save a few bucks. Fishing hours are too hard to come by.
I guess the real question is how hard is it and does it hold up. I don’t want to fight my equipment or lose a nice fish to save a few bucks. Fishing hours are too hard to come by.
This post was edited on 3/7/24 at 7:54 am
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Posted on 3/7/24 at 7:55 am to skidry
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Roughly $100 for rod and reel.
At that price range it's not worth it, just replace the rod.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:00 am to skidry
I’m to hard on my rods, every one I own I buy stainless replacements and get rod builder to replace.
I will normally wait until I notice a chip in the ceramic.
I will normally wait until I notice a chip in the ceramic.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:15 am to skidry
Are you saying the end guide at the tip only? If so, those are very easy to change with the kit they sell at academy and a lighter or heat gun.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 8:23 am to skidry
I've only replaced eyes on a rod once, and that was many years ago. The rod belonged to my dad who died when I was just 8 years old (now 71) and it was passed down to me and is one of the few things I still own that belonged to him.
He would use that heavy duty fiberglass rod with the turned wooden handle probably made in the 50's to fish for big cats on the Mississippi River and it caught many large fish to feed his family.
There was a place on St. Claude in the Lower 9th Ward called Colley's and they sold fishing supplies, crab, crawfish and trawl nets and repaired rods and reels.
And yes, to me it was well worth it.
He would use that heavy duty fiberglass rod with the turned wooden handle probably made in the 50's to fish for big cats on the Mississippi River and it caught many large fish to feed his family.
There was a place on St. Claude in the Lower 9th Ward called Colley's and they sold fishing supplies, crab, crawfish and trawl nets and repaired rods and reels.
And yes, to me it was well worth it.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 9:05 am to Marlo Stanfield
Yes just the eye at the very tip
Posted on 3/7/24 at 9:06 am to skidry
Posted on 3/7/24 at 9:45 am to Marlo Stanfield
quote:This. I have done it so many times that I probably have 8-10 of those red glue containers.
Are you saying the end guide at the tip only? If so, those are very easy to change with the kit they sell at academy and a lighter or heat gun.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:01 am to skidry
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Yes just the eye at the very tip
I missed that, yeah, it's easy to replace the whole thing.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:48 am to AlxTgr
I've used those hot glue sticks to hold inserts in arrows before... 
Posted on 3/7/24 at 12:48 pm to farad
Video was excellent. Thanks! I already see j bought the wrong thing. I just have a box of ceramic hoops. Will get an assortment of tips.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 1:24 pm to skidry
quote:I bought a set in the hopes I could just replace that, and it seems like an impossible task.
I just have a box of ceramic hoops
Posted on 3/7/24 at 3:39 pm to AlxTgr
I was going to put them in my freezer to shrink them and then heat up the stainless eye to enlarge it and see if I could get it in like that.
Having read this thread I’m just going to buy the complete setup as shown in the video.
Having read this thread I’m just going to buy the complete setup as shown in the video.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 4:38 pm to skidry
ceramic hoops are hell to deal with...and braid is hell on them...
Posted on 3/8/24 at 1:27 pm to Flats
Some of us get great satisfaction in repairing our things rather than tossing them. A sense of self sufficiency to make or repair what you need. Especially true outdoorsmen. This is the outdoor forum after all. But I understand what you are saying. Hope you can understand what Iam saying too.
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