Thread: Eye Replacement

Ask Skeetbum on the Florida board....he does that and builds rods too

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I've built some rods in the past and IMO it would be harder to get the old eye base off and the rod cleaned up than it would to wrap and epoxy a new one in place. Of course, my typical mode of operation any more is a few wraps with black electrical tape and good to go.

Don Don can fix it for you

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Just going to put new one above the broke one

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Not hard John. Need some wrapping thread and a couple of heavy books, run thread through bottom pages of bottom book and put another book or something for weight on top of first book to create tension on thread. Super glue guide foot on rod start your wrap and then just spin rod section in hands to wrap . Once thread gets a few wraps on got start pushing thread back against itself with thumb nail. Watch a couple of YouTube videos to see how to tie it off use varnish to seal threads. Harder to say than do.

i can show you

Originally Posted by Billbob

i can show you

come on down, got 3 or 4 I need to put eyes on. I take the top section of my 18s and and lay the tip along the side of the rod and hook the snap in the hook keeper. when I titen the line it bends the top eye on the second section back and eventually breaks.

I'd figure a diff way to transport them. Gotta be a way to put something soft there or take some tension off. Live and we learn but we gotta change a few things to get better.