Need rod help

[23cardinal]

Originally Posted by briansnat

I'm pretty sure Tackle and Field (formerly Franks) in Wanaque does rod repair. I'm sure many other tackle shops do so as well.

Or do it yourself. I did it for the first time a few weeks ago. I watched a few YouTube videos on guide replacement and with that knowledge in hand, fixed one of my rods using nylon sewing thread and some flexible epoxy. I bought an assortment of guides of various sizes from Amazon (I think it was about $8). The set didn't have a guide that was a perfect fit so I used one that was sightly wider than it should be, but it does the job. If you want a perfect fit you may have to go to the mfr.

The repair took me LT 30 minutes (not including epoxy drying time).

Frank's ('now tackle and field) did it for 8 bucks. Brother in-law sheared a rod tip on a gunwale out on gtp. Had it in a few mins. Dunno where u r, but def. go to a reputable store

[jwb219]

Fairfield tackle is a great store! Bought a St. Croix and a shimano spinner three weeks ago and I couldn't be any happier with my experience there. Highly recommend going to them if you really want to learn or want honest advice.

[tradingfrank27]

Like mentioned above,

Old Frank's in Ringwood, Fairfield Tackle, and if you are in Bergen County, there's a guy in Hillsdale that use to do all the rods for Ramsey outdoors, the turnaround was long though. If you need the contact for Hillsdale NJ, pm me.

Good luck.

If you a Cumara, send it back to shimano and they will give you a Zodias as a replacement, Black or red cumara. The black Cumara's are grandfathered in the lifetime warranty, Red ones are one year for the last year of the production.

[Jigman13]

Originally Posted by tradingfrank27

If you a Cumara, send it back to shimano and they will give you a Zodias as a replacement, Black or red cumara. The black Cumara's are grandfathered in the lifetime warranty, Red ones are one year for the last year of the production.

That's a pretty wild trade off but are the zodias rods as light as the red cumaras? I love my 6'8 jig n worm cumara. Can't imagine a better, lighter, stronger rod.