I purchased several pre-assembled cork grips with composite cork/rubber end pieces from a sponsor. The grips have a 1/4" hole in them so they can be reamed and installed. My question is how do you cover up that hole at the bottom without using another butt cap. In other words, I want the composite piece to be a the end of the rod, but I do not want the hole visable. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Scott

Scott,

When you ream the grip, try to get some of the 'shavings/particles/bitty pieces' of the rubberized stuff. It CAN be done if you are careful. All you need is a bit, about a good pinch of it.

Fill the end hole with Rod Bond or other filler up to about 1/16 from the suface and let it cure. Now, mix the stuff you saved with some epoxy, just enough epoxy to make a very thick paste.

Fill to 'over full' with the mix and let it cure.

Sand flush.

Done, and very hard to see. Durable too.

Good Luck!

Buddy

p.s., they DO make 'plugs' for this, but what fun is THAT....

The cork should have came with a plug in the same material. Mine always have. It looks like a small cork and you glue it in, cut it off, and sand it flush.

David Banaka

Angler's workshop has them in a couple sizes for their grips, I just tell them the butt dia of the blank and they send the right plug. They also sell them alone.

Or you can dig out an appropriate sized hole and epoxy in a coin, button, etc. Finishes it off nicely. A 'heads up' penny is always good luck, right?

Jay

What these guys said. I also sometimes use birch hole plugs I get at Sears. You can get bags of them in various sizes for a couple of bucks and I always seem to find a use for them.

Lowe's actually carries cork plugs... ranging from 1/4 up to 15/16. Bought some last night. They are in the drawers where you find specialty nuts, bolts and fasteners. Since most Lowe's are set up the same... find the loose bulk lag bolts and then turn around.