inner eye ring

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:44 pm

ive broken the inner eye of my end ring (the plastic bit) anyone know off an effective and easy bodge to fix this cos i really dont want to keep weakening my line

probably keith will have an answer lol

andy

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:50 pm

replace the whole ring andy , my old rod was chipped and when bring in it would fray the line ,

Gary

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:04 pm

the whole inner bit has come out,so im not getting any fray,ive put a few layers of clear nail polish just to smooth it off a bit though,cant really afford new ring,rod only cost £12
thank gazza

andy

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:11 pm

Hi andy
There was a post on the other day regarding the same matter,the guy took his rod to the local tackle shop,for just over £3 it was done there and then big grin

Hope this helps,has to be worth a phone call
Cheers Darren cool

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:16 pm

andy if you wanted to pm me your addy i send you a end eye m8 but your have to fix it on , and what daz is on about is steve1963 in the south coast , your need cotton , glue , and nail varinsh hardeder.

Gary

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:28 pm

Why dont you go to Breakaway tackle shop in Ipswich- they have good stocks of everything you'll need

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:33 pm

ok cheers fellas,much appreciated info there

andy big grin

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:37 pm

ok,ive made a temp repair,piece of neoprene tube,slpit lenghtways and bosticked on,it seems to have done the trick

andy

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:26 am

Several rods, and quite expensive ones at that suffer from this problem. Why oh why they dont put quality rings on these rods god only knows. I have 4 rods with the same problem, although only one is damaged I will eventually have to re-ring all of them. keith sad

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:46 am

Most decent rods come with Fuji BNHG's or BMNAG's- which rod manufacturer puts crap rings on? Interested to know so I can stay away from them.

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:58 am

Shakespear K2s have very brittle rings also the new fladden solid carbon boat rods. Dont get me wrong, the rings are made hard to avoid line groving them but when dropped or pulled off the tripod with a heavey fish they tend to crack on impact. keith crying

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:18 am

i have had a similiar problem with my mustad rod....
the 3rd eye has fell apart (both innards have come out)
its a fuji shock ring and im just wondering what to do ?
i dont want it taking off the rod because it will wreck it!

any ideas ? cool

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:21 am

Give it to me and I'll get it done at harry's, possibly same day keith big grin

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:57 am

ok... i want a fuji eye staying on it though.

youve seen the yellow ones on my rod aint yah big grin

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:13 pm

Yep yellowish green you mean?