Fly Rod Tip Top Glue

Make sure you have removed enough old glue from the rod tip so that the tip top will slide back on.

Fly rod tip top glue.

Shave several fine slivers off the glue stick with your box cutter or single edge razor blade and put them into the tip top. Quote osd apr 4 2006 01 38 pm. Closer examination showed the tip top was attached to about 3 of rod tip. I have the hot melt glue for tip tops but you can use a hot melt glue stick the same color as your rod blank.

All i can figure is the tip section got cracked somewhere along the way. Whether you are looking for a quick fix or a better bond take our advice and avoid building rods with super glue. Review of rod building solutions. To make a long story short the fact i had a ferrule glue stick and a bic lighter in my vest allowed me to affect a repair on stream and continue fishing with that rod.

I have used this method on heavy tuna rods and rarely had a tip come off the key is the sanding to give the glue something to bite but if the top ever needs to be replaced in can be removed with heat without destroying the blank which can happen if epoxy was used. Properly sized tip top should fit with very little slop. So if you crack the insert ring or damage the tip top frame you can easily replace the entire tip top without cutting down the rod tip. Using anything else but ferrule cement stick glue is a bad idea i have used both rod building cement and the standard hot melt glue you get at the store thinking that i would save some money only to have the tip top fly off the pole while casting as the hot melt glue melts at low heat i live in calif and the heat is in the 89 to 95 most of the.