I’m always interested in the creative ways that anglers solve problems and thought this was a cool temporary solution for a broken rod guide.  I would love to see a pinned thread where folks could post interesting fishing hacks. I would be happy to do it but as a newbie, I didn’t want to overstep my bounds.

 

Unless it's the gathering one, I just cut it out and keep fishing in a pinch. I keep a couple of guides with me, and electrical tape them on the fly, or do the ugliest thread and nail polish repair overnight. I always mean to do a more permanent thing later, and seldom do. A rod that made us almost $80k was held together with zip ties. Guys game me the "oh poor you" looks at the marina, not so much at the weigh in...

39 minutes ago, BassWhole! said:

Guys game me the "oh poor you" looks at the marina, not so much at the weigh in...

Kind of nice when you get the last laugh.  Should have brought your fish to the weigh-in in a plastic grocery bag...that would have been priceless ?.