Warped precision noodle

Due to bad luck and poor storage the first 1/3 of my tucr pn is warped a little bit. The rod is still useable and functions perfectly, just annoyed that the tip curves off slightly. Anyone know how to cure this?

Stand it in a corner so that it bends the opposite way. Check it every few days and when it’s straight store it so the tip isn’t bent and the line is NOT run through the tip guide for the reel to stealth crank it down.

Good luck.

I’ve straightened rods by carefully warming with a hairdryer and bending back straight.

This is question you ask TUCR about……

Easiest solution: give slipbob the rod and buy a new one.

Lean it in the corner seems to be good advice

The chance of fixing it by leaning in the corner is slim, especially this time of the year. Heat is what causes rod deformation, it softens up the epoxy. A little heat from a hairdryer won’t hurt anything, just don’t let it overheat.

I would lay it out straight or the opposite way its bent.Leave it for a week or so.I have done this with other rods and it worked.

I had good luck hanging a rod by its tip. Only did it one time and it worked for me.

I picked up a Precision Noodle this weekend from Cabelas online store. It was shipped loose in a cardboard box stuffed with brown packing paper. It must not have been perfectly straight in the box.

When I first held it, I noticed the tip was slightly bent. It stayed that way for a few days until yesterday. Last night, I rigged up the rod and reel and a 4mm tungsten jig. Overnight, the tungsten jig was left hanging in the opposite direction as the bent tip.

This morning, problem solved. The tip is perfectly straight. Now I get to go use it for the first time today.

so, what’s the official word from TUCR? Anyone contact them yet for their recommendation?

The thin fiberglass can take a set if is was very poorly wrapped in shipping.
Should rebound in a short period.

Hanging it on the door is one option.

Usually the set is because the rod is left loaded up in the off season and stored with a line strung through the guides. This is like a older bow left strung.

Noodles being so thin can have this happen to them. Other rods that are glass and are under a certain diameter can also take a set. I have seen open water rods do this too, from being leaned up against a corner. Those are usually fixed by leaning it the opposite way in the corner.

I would advise against heating it up. That may have caused the initial problem in the first place. Fishing over a heater are where many rods warp.

I hang mine by the tip.Make a loop out of braid or so,then loop it on the tip.Make sure the line is as close to the blank as possible.Have a super fine noodle that that happened to.Hanging it vertical(no reel)fixed it.Hanging by the outer part of tip can cause rod to list to one side.Same goes with standing in a rack supported by just handle.

My 0.02.

Thank you all so much for your advice! I plan on doing some walleye fishing for a while so I’ll let my noodle rest and try some of the techniques you mentioned! Thanks again and happy fishing!