I have a noodle type rod and during the season last year the tip developed a permanent bend in it. It’s minor and doesn’t really affect fishability but I was wondering if anyone else has had this happen with their fiberglass noodle type rods? I assume I caused it by storing it with some load on the tip.
Joe
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I assume I caused it by storing it with some load on the tip.
Yep… that is why I never store my rods with the tips bent. Not even while fishing or moving on the ice. I doubt there is anything you can do about it.
Not much you can do now.
If you stored it loaded, and overtime it bent, theoretically couldn’t one just load it the other way and store it as such next time to bend back? May have to wait till off season but worth a shot in my book.
Get a new rod to use while you do this….
Remove the reel and anything else attached to the rod that wasn’t there when it was bought. determine the direction of the bend and then tape a sinker to the handle down near the end and on the opposite side of the bend and then hang the rod by the tip using a small cup hook to see if the weight of the sinker is enough to straighten the rod. If the angle of the tip top in the hook makes the rod tip torque badly, use a paper clip with one end straightened to go thru the eye and get taped to the rod blank then hang by the remaining loop. You’ll have to play with sinker weight and ideally you’ll want the rod to hang perfectly straight. Now put the hook in a joist in the utility room where it won’t get banged around but where heat from a dryer or water heater is common. Take the rod off the hook every couple weeks and hold it straight up and down like the rod did hanging on the hook. If the rod stays straight, go fishing with it. The rod will straighten with time in that environment even if its got a bad bend.
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Noodle tip bent
Can’t you get a pill for that?
I was able to straighten it out by putting the tip in some warm water but it it developed a bend again after fishing with it. I was more curious if anyone has seen this happen with their high buck custom noodle rods? I didn’t have it under much load, just enough to take slack out of the line.
Joe
On my TUCR Noodle I pull the jig through the first 4 eyes so the tension is only on the spine and the tip is free.
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On my TUCR Noodle I pull the jig through the first 4 eyes so the tension is only on the spine and the tip is free.
That’s a great idea! I’m a little upset I never thought of that.
And then I baby it and keep it far away from any gear or trunk lids… scared to death I’ll break that little tip off. Its like a half torn $100 bill.
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