Hi All, although dumpster diving is not my hobby, I found an almost brand new Penn Slammer trolling rod recently in the bin with 2 broken guides. Following the advice in the FAQ I just removed the 2 guides in question. These have underwraps that I was careful not to destroy. For the record, the scalpels I bought a while back were great for this task. Now i have the epoxy, obviously not level. My plan was to level/clean/sand as much as possible, put a coat of epoxy over what I have, then threading on the new guides, and then epoxy.

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

Scott

"My biggest fear in life is that when I die, my wife will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it."

When applying finish -- make Sure Your Rod Is - Level Or the finish will go to the Lower End
if you get Footballs you put to much on let turn and when you see them
Stop the turner let a drip apear take the brush and wipe it off Turn 180 let it level Start the turner
Check often

you have to Baby Sit it for a while to be sure
get yourself a small level from Home depot or the like

Bill - willierods.com

Thanks Bill! I have a small line level I bought for that very reason, before I apply finish I use it everywhere on the rod. Thanks again just wanted to make sure I was on the right track. This is my first Re-do of a guide.

Thanks again!

Scott

You can skip the step of applying a coat of finish on the underwrap before you wrap on the guide if you wish. You shouldn't have any problems wrapping on the guides then do all the finish work.

Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..

What Raymond said

Great. Thanks guys. I had already done it but no biggie. Thanks again.