Broke My Tip

[tippet7]

Went out one night last week only to find the top 3 inches of my 7 wt broken. (darn kids) is there a way I can repair it without sending it back to the company or can i just sand down the broken part and add a new tip to it? will doing that affect the action of the rod very much?

thanks

[fishinwrench]

Depends on the rod, what brand is it? St.Croix just sends me new tip sections when I break one (and I have busted quite a few).

3" off the tip is going to turn a 9' 7wt. into a 8'10" 8wt. more than likely. And it will always bug you, so just scrap it for parts and replace the section or the whole rod.

[MaxDrown]

A lot of vendors will send you a replacement tip for a fee.