fishing rod repairs

[mel b3]

hiya guys.

im looking for a bit of advice on how to repair the spigot , on an old webley and scott , fly fishing rod . ive had it for years , and i dont remember using it or breaking it , so im guessing that it came to me broken . it has no monetary value , but , id like to save it , purely because its webley and scott , and , itll go nicely with my collection of old rods and reels.

the spigot is stuck inside the top section of the rod , and i wouldnt imagine that itll be too difficult to get out , but i cant see how i can make and fit a new spigot .

thanks in advance guys.

 

[243deer]

They bake the resin that is used for carbon fibre rods at 170 c so anything near that temperature should be avoided even though I presume the rod is glass fibre  / boron from the colour?

I would measure the internal diameter of the broken spigot, get a piece of the nearest m whatever mild steel threaded bar and epoxy it in to give you something to get the spigot out with..Then try gently pulling, you might get lucky. If not I would try boiling water to try and help loosen. Escallating to putting two nuts on the threaded bar and holding in a vice and twsting/ pulling with 2 hands. If that does not work then hopefully someone else will have a cunning plan.

If the broken spigot does come out then you have already glued the threaded bar in one end so just epoxy it back whence it came with the threaded bar as the joiner. Carefully fill any crack that is left where the spigot joins with epoxy and once hardened get to work with the wet and dry, it will be barely noticable.

 

Edited May 9, 2021 by 243deer

[snow white]

That is exactly how I would try it put loads of boiling water on it as you twist it gently get lin to give a hand by putting the water on as you twist it hope it goes ok for you.

 

[mel b3]

That's something that I hadn't thought of . I wasn't too concerned about getting the old spigot out ( i was just going to pull it out a bit a a time with pin nosed pliers) . I was more concerned with making a new spigot , and fitting it to to bottom section.   I'll give it a go and see how I get on.

Cheers fellas.

[Centrepin]

Most tackle dealers sell broken rod parts for pennies. You can take your bits in and match something up for a spigot. 

The easiest way of evenly shaping carbon is put it in a drill and use the drill like a lathe. Use fine wet and dry as it shapes very quickly in a drill.

[mel b3]

Thank you for the advice,  and the offers of help guys.  Unfortunately, I took the rod outside this morning,  to glue a piece of threaded bar into the broken spigot .  once outside in the sunshine , I could see that the blank also had other damage ( looked like it's been slightly crushed) , so it looks like a candidate for the dustbin . It's a real shame , because I really wanted to give it a go .