I have an older good rod with a damaged fore grip I have ideas on how I will repair any ideas out there. any suggestions will be appreciated

We detailed a method for doing this without having the remove any guides in a past issue of the magazine. Whether or not it's possible on yours could depend on several factors.

Are you replacing a cork or an EVA grip?

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Walt,
The easiest, cleanest way to fix it is to remove the rod tip top, all of the guides and the fore grip.

Then, replace the fore grip and either retie on the former guides and coat them, or if you want, this would be a good time to put on a new set of guides if you wish.

It only takes an hour or so to remove the guides and fore grip, reinstall a good fore grip, retie the guides and apply finish.

Good luck

cork grip

Tom is this past copy available for purchase I know I should subscribe

You could also fill & sand the foregrip smooth, then cover it with heat shrink. The heat shrink should slip over the guides down onto the foregrip without having to remove them.

Yes, I'll have to look up the volume and issue number tomorrow.

Essentially you sand down what you have now and fit a new one over it, splitting it to allow it to pass down over the guides. Once clamped and glued, it is then sanded to hide the glue line. Not hard to do.

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Couldn't the new one be sliced in half the long way either with a very fine toothed and thin bladed saw or a razor blade. Then glue and clamp the two halves in place? I've never done it but seems like a reasonable and easy fix.

You can do that too, although you'll have two glue lines to bother with. If you can do it with one, and manage to slip the thing down the rod and over the guides, you can get by with just the one glue line. But yes, a completely halving will also work. Either method takes some precise measuring beforehand. still quicker than replacing a half dozen guides.

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Hello Walt & Tom.

I think the issue you are talking about is in 16/3 pg.24?

Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.

Bob,

New Bern, NC.

Never had to do this but Toms method looks like the best option. Seems pretty easy. Another option is to sand it down to just above blank and wrap with cork tape. Then wrap two thread wraps to hold ends of tape and finish wraps with epoxy. Good luck. MH

I'm inexperienced, so take this with a grain of salt. Another option that might be possible is to simply remove the foregrip and go with no foregrip. You could do a epoxy/thread dam as a transition to the reel seat. If the blank is discolored or dull from the sanding, you could do a bit of a butt wrap above the thread dam.

It doesn't say whether the whole grip is broken or just a part of it. I do a lot of cork repairs. On thing I never do is sand down the cork to the blank. Too risky in hitting the blank. If I am going to replace the entire cork, or just part of it, I simply use pliers grab and twist the cork off the blank. It will come off easily and almost completely. Gentle heat and scraping will take care of the rest.

In replacing with a new piece, ream out the cork slightly larger than the blank diameter . I then cut it in half on a bandsaw with a very fine blade, wrap back on the blank and epoxy. Done properly you will not see the lines in the cork once clamped and glued.

Tom



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/13/2016 11:38PM by Tom Wewerka.

Same idea as Tom posted as I just pull off the front cork grip and clean the blank up a bit and then take
a new fore grip and cut it in two down the center. All I do is glue the two parts together on the rod,let dry and put some shrink tubbing over the fire grip to hide any mistakes you my have on the rod.

Glenn McMurrian

Thanks all for the helpful suggestion I have done the ream cut and glue turned out great
See ya on the water here in Florida
Thanks tom