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Mechanical Properties
Max Service Temp80°C
General Properties
Gross Weight0.64kg

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Fishing Pole Repair Kit

More than 5000 of these kits have been sold to fisherman, tackle shops and pole repairers since we launched the product several years ago. Included in the kit is everything needed to repair a broken/fractured carbon fibre fishing pole. The kit can also be used reinforce vulnerable areas (including adding wraps before drilling for side-puller conversions).

The kit includes a high performance epoxy resin and special ultra-smooth high strength 1k carbon fibre cloth for the repair, as well as abrasive papers and polishing compound to produce a professional finish.

A tutorial video is included on this page and full printable instructions, including jig plans, are available in the downloads section.


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Despite the strength and durability of carbon fibre fishing poles and fishing rods, fractures or complete breaks in the pole do happen from time to time.

If you're unlucky enough to have this happen to you, then there are a few options. Buy a new pole, have the pole professionally repaired or to repair the pole yourself using Easy Composites' carbon fibre Fishing Pole / Rod Repair Kit.

The kit includes all of the necessary materials and equipment to repair a carbon fibre fishing pole. Requiring only competent practical skills and a couple of hours of your time to repair your broken or fractured fishing pole or rod so that it is as strong as it was before the damage occurred.

Further Information

Size of Kit

This kit has been designed to allow for the repair of at least 3 broken fishing rods and so includes sufficient heat shrink tape, resin and carbon fibre fabric to do at least 3 repair jobs.

Dimensions

When unrolled, the carbon fibre fabric is 150mm (5.9") wide and 1000mm (39.4") long.

Kit Contents

Please note, our Fishing Pole Repair Kit now uses a very special light weight and stabilised ProFinish 90gsm carbon fabric allowing very light repairs, (0.3mm thick) to be made. The resin system has also been updated to EL2, please be aware that the mix ratio has now changed to 100:30 as displayed on the bottle.

All materials are supplied in high quality, re-sealable containers and shipped in protective packaging.

Repair Method Outline

  1. Roughen the surface around the broken pole using the included abrasive paper.
  2. Apply some epoxy resin to the area around the break.
  3. Bring the two halves of the pole or rod together if necessary and secure them for the duration of the repair.
  4. Wrap the rod with the special 90g ProFinish plain weave carbon fibre fabric, applying additional resin as you go.
  5. Wrap the repair with the special shrink tape.
  6. Apply heat to the tape (using a heat gun or powerful hair dryer).
  7. Leave to cure then remove the tape.
  8. Polish the repair to leave a professional finish.
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Despite the strength and durability of carbon fibre fishing poles and fishing rods, fractures or complete breaks in the pole do happen from time to time.

If you're unlucky enough to have this happen to you, then there are a few options. Buy a new pole, have the pole professionally repaired or to repair the pole yourself using Easy Composites' carbon fibre Fishing Pole / Rod Repair Kit.

The kit includes all of the necessary materials and equipment to repair a carbon fibre fishing pole. Requiring only competent practical skills and a couple of hours of your time to repair your broken or fractured fishing pole or rod so that it is as strong as it was before the damage occurred.

Further Information

Size of Kit

This kit has been designed to allow for the repair of at least 3 broken fishing rods and so includes sufficient heat shrink tape, resin and carbon fibre fabric to do at least 3 repair jobs.

Dimensions

When unrolled, the carbon fibre fabric is 150mm (5.9") wide and 1000mm (39.4") long.

Kit Contents

Please note, our Fishing Pole Repair Kit now uses a very special light weight and stabilised ProFinish 90gsm carbon fabric allowing very light repairs, (0.3mm thick) to be made. The resin system has also been updated to EL2, please be aware that the mix ratio has now changed to 100:30 as displayed on the bottle.

All materials are supplied in high quality, re-sealable containers and shipped in protective packaging.

Repair Method Outline

  1. Roughen the surface around the broken pole using the included abrasive paper.
  2. Apply some epoxy resin to the area around the break.
  3. Bring the two halves of the pole or rod together if necessary and secure them for the duration of the repair.
  4. Wrap the rod with the special 90g ProFinish plain weave carbon fibre fabric, applying additional resin as you go.
  5. Wrap the repair with the special shrink tape.
  6. Apply heat to the tape (using a heat gun or powerful hair dryer).
  7. Leave to cure then remove the tape.
  8. Polish the repair to leave a professional finish.

Downloads (3)

This is a chemical product. Before storage or use you must download and read the accompanying safety and technical datasheets.

Dutch Safety DataSheet1 MB
Safety Datasheet (SDS)1 MB
Fishing Pole Repair Guide465 KB

Specification

Mechanical Properties
Max Service Temp80°C
General Properties
Gross Weight0.64kg
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You can either wrap the tape around several times to secure it from unwrapping itself too much or use a small piece of packing tape or similar high tack tape to hold it in place while it is being shrunk and during the cure.

If you can't see any 'weave pattern' like small squares in the professional repair then it's likely they've used a unidirectional carbon fibre reinforcement, rather than a woven reinforcement. It would be possible for you to use this same reinforcement in your home repairs, in fact we do sell unidirectional reinforcement, although there would be some extra considerations if you use this format of reinforcement.

Firstly, we would NOT recommend using only unidirectional carbon for the repair. When a pole has been cracked or broken, it's generally better to add at least some strength in the 'hoop' direction. Since unidirectional carbon will add strength only in the direction of its length, you would need to do at least one wrap of the woven cloth (as supplied in the kit) before finishing with a unidirectional. The second consideration is the handling of unidirectional carbon; you will find it quite delicate and tricky to handle compared to the stabilised woven cloth that's included in the fishing pole kit.

If you do want to experiment, take a look at our unidirectional carbon fibre reinforcement.

Although we don't market this kit for repairing carbon fibre bike frames, there are a lot of similarities between the materials and process needed to repair a carbon fishing pole and those needed to repair a carbon bike frame and so there are a number of circumstances where customers might decide to use this kit to repair a bike frame. Given the potentially safety critical nature of repairing a bike frame, it's important to point out that whilst the materials in the kit might be appropriate for a bike frame repair, it would be the responsibility of the person doing the repair to assess the suitability of such a repair and to carry it our it competently.

In terms of the structural integrity of a repair to bike frame tube (like a seat stay) the key principle is to add as much carbon to the damaged area as has been compromised by the damage. For example, if the seat stay tubes have a wall thickness of 0.5mm and the fibres have been fully broken/cracked then you'll need to add 0.5mm of extra carbon over this area to restore the original strength. Given that the 100gsm carbon included in the kit is 0.1mm per ply, that means you'll need to add 5 layers/wraps of the cloth to achieve a 0.5mm thickness. Considering that the original tube probably uses predominantly undirectional carbon fibre in its construction, depending on the nature of the damage, you may even choose to add still more thickness to compensate for the fact that the carbon fibre kit is woven and not unidirectional and therefore adds only half its strength in the direction of the original fibre.

That very much depends on the size and type of repairs that you're doing. Included in the kit is a piece of carbon fibre cloth that measures 1000mm x 150mm. For a 'typical' repair you would often us a piece of cloth about 150mm wide and 150mm long which means you can get about 6 repairs out of the piece of fabric included. Of course, this would be more for smaller repairs (or things like side puller reinforcements) and less for larger repairs. There is plenty of epoxy resin and other materials in the kit to cover all eventualities of repair size.

Yes you can use super glue to bond together the broken bits of the rod prior to doing the structural repair using the kit.

Yes this repair kit will work on graphite rods. The basic principles are the same. In essence you still wrap around the damaged area as before.

What you’ll need to do is make the repair on the inside of the tube. This is a little bit different but still perfectly possible. Follow these steps:

  • 1. Select another section of pole that fits comfortably inside the broken pole, possibly not the next pole down ensuring that there is at least a 0.5mm – 1mm gap between the pole you select and the inside of the broken pole when you put the other section inside the broken pole.
  • 2. Using some of the abrasive paper (120 grit) ‘key-up’ the inside of the broken pole so that the surface is clean and scuffed ready for the repair to be applied.
  • 3. Wrap the good pole (the one that will go inside the broken one) with some of the shrink-tape, overlapping as you go. The shrink-tape will stop the resin from sticking to the good pole. Make sure you put plenty of tape on and don’t miss any areas where the resin might go. If you do, the resin will stick to the good pole and you could have a lot of trouble getting it out again.
  • 4. Next, wrap some carbon fibre, wetting it with resin as you go, around the outside of the good pole. Wrap at least twice round, maybe 3 times round, so that when it is slid inside the broken tube it will be a snug fit.
  • 5. Next, slide the good tube (wrapped with wet carbon) inside the broken tube, aiming to leave the repair bandage positioned correctly underneath the damaged area of the pole.
  • 6. Allow the poles to cure in this position fully (8hrs).
  • 7. Once cured, twist the good pole to remove it from inside the repaired pole. The pole should come out from inside the shrink tape. Next, remove the shrink tape from the inside surface of the repaired pole.
  • 8. Clean up any resin that has dribbled through to the outside of the repaired pole using abrasive paper.
  • 9. You should now be ready to hit the water again!

The ideal solvent for cleaning up resin spills is Acetone. However, it should not be used on hands because it will dry the skin. You should take care to always wear nitrile gloves when handling resins thereby avoiding the need to get them off your skin. If skin contact does occur then workshop hand-cleaners like Slig or Swarfega are effective.

No, Our Fishing Pole Repair kit contains EL2 Epoxy Laminating Resin that is classed as a hazardous material. We would recommend reading the Safety Data Sheet which contains full details of the hazards and suitable precautions. You can download and read the datasheet here: Epoxy Resin Safety Data Sheet

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Customer Product Reviews for Fishing Pole Repair Kit

5/5 Average rating
27/4/2022
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John A
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I have just finished using the second of these starter kits. I have successfully repaired 4 pole sections, thankfully only one was mine! I have had zero issues with the strength of the repairs. Would recommend without reservation. Instructions are easy to follow and concise.

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This product is classed as dangerous goods for transport.

It can be shipped to all mainland EU countries, Ireland, Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sicily and Sardinia.

Unfortunately, for the time being we are unable to ship dangerous goods to Cyprus, Malta, the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Jan Mayan and Svalbard.

For a full information regarding the shipment of dangerous goods, see our delivery information page.

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