Broken 14' Wally Marshall WMT14-3 Tightline Speacial

I busted my third piece to this pole. Bass Pro has discontinued this series and it is not under warrenty. My guess is to toss it in the garbage but before I did I figured I would see if anyone had any great suggestions on getting the third piece. I know as soon as I toss it I will come across one somewhere. Just looked up the BnM 14' jigging pole and they have a replacement tip section for $13 but have no clue if these two poles match up. Anyone know if the do. I know I have half my collection of poles is BnM and the other half is Wally Marshall. I have never had an issue with BnM and now I see they have replacement parts. Guess which one I will be buying for now on.

I have both kind at home, so I will check and see if they are the same when I get home after work.

I think grizzly jig sells replacement tip sections for these, have to get the catalog and look though.

Yes they do sell replacment tips but thast is for the BnM rods. I need to know if the 14' BnM fits the wally marshall pole I mentioned. I know for now on I will be only buying the BnM because they do sell replacement tips.

the wally marshall rods are BnM blanks. i broke a twelve foot WM jig pole this spring and purchased BnM tip for it. The guys at the sporting goods store told me that all Wally Marshall rods are made from BnM blanks. Might want to call BnM before you throw it away.

Jeff

BnM and the Wally Marshall poles are very good in my books. Don't buy the Bill Dance poles. He must not be paying attention to what they are putting his name on. They are a real piece of S**t. I am having the same problem finding the replacement tip that are a true fit. Never thought about calling BnM, thanks. The problem I have with the poles is I have a grandson that likes to step on the poles. I am going to make a fisherman out of him no matter how many poles he steps on.

Never had a WM break but I did break 2 B&M's break this past weekend.

I called BnM and they said therer tips might fit and replace the WM poles but they said the problem is that with them being made of two different tyes of material, I would just rebrake the pole. She suggested taking it over to BassPro and actually walk in with it to customer service and they would probably replace the pole for free. I guess the pr of having someone walk in with a pole with there name on it that is broken might get them to do it. I will try that because it is not like I am spider rigging or trolling right now anyway. Thanks for all the input.

I checked them yesterday and they are not the same size.

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Originally Posted by Jigboy

I called BnM and they said therer tips might fit and replace the WM poles but they said the problem is that with them being made of two different tyes of material, I would just rebrake the pole. She suggested taking it over to BassPro and actually walk in with it to customer service and they would probably replace the pole for free. I guess the pr of having someone walk in with a pole with there name on it that is broken might get them to do it. I will try that because it is not like I am spider rigging or trolling right now anyway. Thanks for all the input.

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Call Grizzly Jig they have replacement tips for the Wally Marshall Tightline Specials. I ordered 3 yesterday.

I also had 2 BnM poles to break with hardly no presser on there at all....:mad:
Are any of yall having trouble with the BnM poles breaking real easy?

crappie cowboy

I sent them an email tonight to see if I could the one I needed. Hopefully this will take care of it and I can get it fixed without having to waste an entire pole. As far as BnM I have had no bag luck with mine but I guess they all break at times for no reason. The abuse we probably put them through pulling all those monster slabs must be doing it.

I had a Pro Staff trolling rod 16' on the second time used break the tip section with only a small amount of pressure snap. Not sure if they may have a problem with the tip sections.

Got the tip ordered and on the way. Thanks for all the help. Cappie.com has saved me a lot of money this year helping with my boat repairs, new tip, and keeping me from wasting my time and gas on bad days.

i had two wally marshall break but i have got ten shakesphere cheap rods that have never givin me a minute trouble,

I have fished with B&M and Wally Marshall rods for years. I like both but I have had better luck with the Wally Marshall rods. I am not too crazy about the shorter Wally Marshall rods under 7' long tho. I know people that have had problems with B&M rods breaking and when this subject came up on Crappie.com about a year ago, B&M stepped up to the plate and offered to make any broken rods good at no cost. That says alot for their product. But I still stick with my old Wally Marshall rods and probably always will unless they try to make them cheaper like what Zebco did....Remember the old Zebco 33???...Best reel on the market for the money for years and now Zebco cant hardly give them away!!!!!