Fishing Pole Repair Kit

You can either wrap the tape around several times to secure it from unwrapping itself too much or use a small piece of packing tape or similar high tack tape to hold it in place while it is being shrunk and during the cure.

Yes you can use super glue to bond together the broken bits of the rod prior to doing the structural repair using the kit.

Yes this repair kit will work on graphite rods. The basic principles are the same. In essence you still wrap around the damaged area as before.

What you’ll need to do is make the repair on the inside of the tube. This is a little bit different but still perfectly possible. Follow these steps:

• 1. Select another section of pole that fits comfortably inside the broken pole, possibly not the next pole down ensuring that there is at least a 0.5mm – 1mm gap between the pole you select and the inside of the broken pole when you put the other section inside the broken pole.
• 2. Using some of the abrasive paper (120 grit) ‘key-up’ the inside of the broken pole so that the surface is clean and scuffed ready for the repair to be applied.
• 3. Wrap the good pole (the one that will go inside the broken one) with some of the shrink-tape, overlapping as you go. The shrink-tape will stop the resin from sticking to the good pole. Make sure you put plenty of tape on and don’t miss any areas where the resin might go. If you do, the resin will stick to the good pole and you could have a lot of trouble getting it out again.
• 4. Next, wrap some carbon fibre, wetting it with resin as you go, around the outside of the good pole. Wrap at least twice round, maybe 3 times round, so that when it is slid inside the broken tube it will be a snug fit.
• 5. Next, slide the good tube (wrapped with wet carbon) inside the broken tube, aiming to leave the repair bandage positioned correctly underneath the damaged area of the pole.
• 6. Allow the poles to cure in this position fully (8hrs).
• 7. Once cured, twist the good pole to remove it from inside the repaired pole. The pole should come out from inside the shrink tape. Next, remove the shrink tape from the inside surface of the repaired pole.
• 8. Clean up any resin that has dribbled through to the outside of the repaired pole using abrasive paper.
• 9. You should now be ready to hit the water again!

The ideal solvent for cleaning up resin spills is Acetone. However, it should not be used on hands because it will dry the skin. You should take care to always wear nitrile gloves when handling resins thereby avoiding the need to get them off your skin. If skin contact does occur then workshop hand-cleaners like Slig or Swarfega are effective.

No, Our Fishing Pole Repair kit contains EL2 Epoxy Laminating Resin that is classed as a hazardous material. We would recommend reading the Safety Data Sheet which contains full details of the hazards and suitable precautions. You can download and read the datasheet here: Epoxy Resin Safety Data Sheet