Need Ice Rod Tip

Busted tip off new rod. Mfg unable to help me…
Where can I get a teeny tiny ice rod tip? Online preferred. I’m not runny all the way to Thorne Bros.

Heat up the old one and it should slide off, now just sand down whats left on the rod until it fits. Just a little at a time and glue it back on.

It broke right at the metal on the old tip. Nothing to grab. Ruined it trying.

Gander Mtn in Woodbury probably sells them or I’m sure John at TUCR could mail you one.

Checked Gander. No go. Too small.

I’ve done this with success before but there is no guarantee it will work in your scenario. I’m assuming the eye still has some of the actual blank in it. If this is the case you can buy a very very small drill bit and drill out the remaining blank glued into the eye and then slide the eye onto the blank again with some glue. Keep in mind you may have to slim down the end of the blank a little bit with a knife to allow the eye to fit but it should work. Hope this helps.

Good idea. But I don’t have a drill bit that small and I pretty much toasted the old one with a pair of wire cutters.

Like was said, you can carefully drill out the old piece of blank from the tip top and then LIGHTLY sand the rod tip until it fits.

If that doesn’t work for you, you can use a tip top that is somewhat oversized if you wrap thread around the end of the blank to fill the gap and use 5 minute epoxy or tip top cement to glue the new top on.

You can also use a regular single foot “running” guide instead of a tube type guide and just wrap it on the end of the rod with thread and finish it with epoxy – a number of custom rod builders do this by choice.

New tips are available online at Jann’s Netcraft, or Mudhole. Measure the rod tip with a caliper to get the size and go slightly larger rather than smaller if needed.

Good luck.

Dan

I can’t remember where I bought my bit from but it was online somewhere and its about the size of a sewing needle, worked awesome at the time and it was pretty cheap too.

Sounds like a $29.00 mistake at this point.

Take a needle and heat it red hot and burn the remaining rod out of the tip. I did that and it worked great.

What size you need ? I have some in stock

Call if needed .. Seee PM

Will do. I’ll call you. Thanks.

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What size you need ? I have some in stock

Call if needed .. Seee PM

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Might want to send 2………..he seems accident prone.

Janns Netcraft Rod Tips

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Take a needle and heat it red hot and burn the remaining rod out of the tip. I did that and it worked great.

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This is how I get a broken blank out of the tip. I use an air hose too to blow the remainder out

Do like I do,get mad,go buy a new one. Then work on the old one and fix it,now you have 2.It always seems like when I get a new one,it is easier to fix the old one. Buy the way if you just heat that end eyelet,good and hot,a cig. lighter works great. Small wire and work it out. Take your time this will work. I have done this. Remember be creative. Jerry