First off,,, Great board here!
Am newer to rod building and have been self taught through internet, plus library book check-outs, (Dale Clemens) also the book Flex-Coat provided me in my first wrapping stand. Have built and rebuilt a number of rods but I have a specific question I finally have felt the need to ask from everyone on the board. My father had a beautiful, custom 8'6" casting (Steelhead) rod made when I was a kid that broke on the tip section in two places while in my drift boat 2 years ago. Sage (basically) told me I was S.O.L. I was wondering If anyone had any ideas how I could get this thing back to life. You see, It's more of an emotional thing for me to find if I can get this thing back to him. I have MANY fond memories of steelhead fishing with him and reeling in big fish on this rod. I thought of replacing the tip section with a loomis blank top or a Sage fly blank top but they dont seem to match up with what I've found. The blank color is a reddish-brown glaze not uncommon to a loomis IMX except for color. Any ideas or recomendations? My Pop seemed to write it off but I may be a little more stubborn.......

John If you click on the Mud Hole link to the left ,then look at the bottom left you will see Rod Building 101, click on this link, Then scan down till you see Rod Repair, Then Click Part 1 Theres a great aticle written by Ralph O'Quinn called putting it back together, I just read it this week and found it really helpful on just what your looking for.Also I here Tom's Kirmans book is really great I'm getting ready to order it myself.
Good luck John and welcome to Rod Building
Gordon Glover

It can be repaired if you want to try it. The repair article found on the Mud Hole site is from the Jan/Feb 2000 issue of RodMaker. Ralph O'Quinn still does these type repairs. Go to www.tackleworks.org and click on the Washington locater and contact him from there via email. He may be willing to do it for you if you'd rather not tackle it yourself.

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