I need to know if i can fix my fiberglass fly fishing rod...?
My brother snapped it in the car door and the tip snapped in half, any easy ways to fix it?... Or should I just look for a new rod?
I've done it, though not with a fly rod. I used a long nail (with the head cut off) as the insert, and epoxied it back together (the break was about six inches from the tip). It held up for a few trips and a dozen or so fish, but broke again at the bottom of the insert, at which point I gave up.
(You can't just melt or glue or fuse the fiberglass together, because the strength of fiberglass comes from the fibers, a few inches long, and once these are broken you can't reconnect them.)
The other possibility (if the break is up near the tip) is to get a new tip guide. As a kid I broke a brand new 8 ft. spinning rod, put a new tip on it and fished for 5 years with it as a 7 1/2 footer.
However, either of these wouldn't work too well for a fly rod, where the action and balance of the rod matters a lot more than for spinning or casting rods. So your best bet is to get your brother to shell out for a new rod for you.
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