Rod repair

[Basschomper]

I am wanting to attempt to repair a crappie rod. I have glued new tip guides before but never tried this before. It is a Falcon 6' Ultralight. It broke about 12" from the tip, almost equal distance between the guides. Any suggestions would be appreciated. 

[fishinwrench]

Find an old fiberglass blank and cut a 3" section that will fit inside the break.  Drill a hole in the rod butt and slide the "ferrule" into place tightly.  2ton Epoxy and wrap over it. 

That's the best you can do. 

[Fish24/7]

http://falconrods.com/customer-service.html

Falcon has lifetime warranty on some of their rods, depends on the model

If it's an HD model they break frequently. I sold 7 or 8 HD spinning rods this past year at the store and several were returned with 12" broken off the tip.

[fshndoug]

broken rods 12 inches from the tip usually occur when you lift a fish out of the water with the tip pointing to high in the air.If you lift a fish with rod more parallel to the water you run less of a risk of breaking your rod.Get on you tube for rod repair ideas

[Flysmallie]

Most of my tip break offs occurred when trying to put it back in the rod box and not getting the tip inside. Rods have a nice built in feature that causes them to stand up like a flag pole when you do that alerting you of your mistake.

[Basschomper]

Thanks for all the info. I purchased the rod probably 6 years ago and have cleaned my receipt drawer out out since then. There is a good chance it went to file 13 since I assumed it was only good for one year. I will definitely go rummage through it though and get in touch with falcon to see  what they may do. If they can't do anything I will give Wrench's solution a shot. I actually broke the dern thing by grabbing it and 3 bass rods at once to carry them into the garage. I was a little less than pleased with myself to say the least.