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I bought a 4 piece fly rod and the tip broke off close to the second eye?

It broke close to the second eye, could i just clip it closer to the eye and file it down and would it work just as good?

Public Comments

1. DO NOT try to fix it yourself, first take it back to the store and try to get a refund or a new one, if you try to fix it before you take it back they might not accept it. but if you have to fix it by yourself your idea sounds good.
2. Look on google for a fix it place and you will have good luck on it or look on the web too.
3. don't clip it. cut it with a very fine hacksaw or a file, take it to a tackle shop to buy a new guide that will fit. it will still work. perhaps not quite as well, but not very noticeably so. if it is a particularly good rod, american made, you should be able to buy another tip section by contacting the manufacturer. don't try thinning the tip and using the same guide. it will just break again at it's first chance. just out of curiosity, what brand of rod is it?
4. Ok that JustAski guy is getting annoying...he is in the "FISHING" answer section and he doesn't know squat about it. All of his answers are "look it up on google" or something simaliar. Anyways don't try changing it. Take it back to the dealer and see if you can trade it in for a new one or if they have the materials and advice to repair it.
5. I'm with the others on first trying to return the rod. If this does not work do what I did. I bought a good tip repair kit for fly rod. Next I heated the epoxy holding the next eyelet on. This melts the epoxy and allows you to take off the eyelet easily. Then follow the instructions on the tip repair kit to install the tip. This should give you a reasonably well fixed rod without having to cut anymore rod away. Not as good as new, but as functional as the rod was intended to be.
6. DO NOT TRY!!!!! These fishing rods are so expensive that to fix it yourself would be a fools errand. Take it back to wherever you got it and get it fixed or replaced. I also agree with the others, Just Asking is a total nitwit that will only recommend 2 things, stupidity and woolly buggers. The wormist (I am told) Is a fairly smart guy, but i have to disagree with him on this matter, do not try to fix your rod yourself, give it to the experts. I hope it gets fixed!
7. no just use gorilla glue then once it dries ducktape it
8. If this was only your first few times using it, i would return it to where you bought it from-it sounds like it could have been a fault in the blank which has caused it to snap-which should be replaced by your local fly shop.