Whwnever you break off a rod tip do you throw the rod away or keep it and use it?

It depends if it's a expensive rod under warranty, or any rod under warranty actually. If it's under warranty and cost more than $50, might as well send it in and get a new rod for the cost of shipping both ways ($20) if it was a cheap piece of junk, save it to possibly fix other broken rods later down the road. I have done this with a $189 Fenwick Aetos rod I bought a few months back. I lost the receipt, and couldn't get a replacement for a broken tip, 3 inches down. Luckily there was enough room to work with, and I had a broken $7 fiberglass rod I saved. I cut about a 2 inch piece of it to fit over both broken rod pieces to slip over snugly, like a sleeve. Then I applied epoxy to both broken parts, rod and tip. Put the sleeve on, line the guides up straight, and let it dry. I haven't noticed any weakness or loss of action or sensativity with the rod, no loss of length, and it feels good as new. I painted the sleeve black to match the guides, and it's almost not noticeable. The hardest part is finding the taper from the old broken cheap rod to match the taper of the rod in question. The first time I did this with an ice fishing rod, and it held out good so I figured I would give this a go. Don't lose your receipt like I did!

I've only broken a few rod tips and they were my fault, so I didn't try get a warranty replacement. I replaced the tip and kept using the rod.

If can be saved by repairing, Repair it and keep it as a backup rod.

If cannot be repaired, keep it as a parts donor for future rod repairs.

 

I usually pickup old broken rods when somebody throws them away and strip the parts.

(guides, hook keepers, seat parts, blanks etc).

They usually become weapons for which i hunt and/or threaten little children to stop throwing the weekly advertisor in my driveway.

They usually become weapons for which i hunt and/or threaten little children to stop throwing the weekly advertisor in my driveway.

 

Ouch !!!  I know how that feels.

 

Got whacked on the arm by a buddy during a fishing trip.  The welt took days to disappear.