ROD GUIDE REPAIR

[SCORE]

I have a St. Croix premier rod and the inside of the top guide is gone, thus wearing on the line when I use it. Anyone know of a local place, close to or near White Bear that fixes or replaces these. I'm trying to avoid sending it back to St. Croix.

[notrailer]

Score,

This is an easy and cheap fix. How long is the warrenty on the premier rod you have? It could be covered, but could take longer than having it fixed.

Here is a good thread on this:

http://www.fishingminnesota.com/forum/ub...r_s#Post1061820

[justinman]

I just went to Gander Mtn to have a tip replaced. It cost me under $3.

[magic_minnow]

SCORE:

funny you posted this, because the SAME thing happened to my premier. My bro has a legend elite and it did the same thing...so we concluded that it must be a st croix thing. I fixed mine at Thorne Bros for $20 and they did a marvelous job! Ill probbaly never buy a st croix again, althought I swear by the st croix legend ice rod. Best rod there is.

[PostFrontal]

This may be a little off subject. But we had 5 rods we either did the 2 step on, or wrappred a line around when we were casting and popped the guides off. (One of them was a St Croix as well)

I took them to Thornes and in a last second decision decided to learn how to do it myself. They showed me right there on one of my rods how to do it, and got me set up with the right stuff.

My first 2 were ugly but will work. Numbers 3-5 got alot easier and prettier, and by the 5th one I got it wrapped and glued in less than 15 minutes, and 24-48 hours later it is dry and ready to go.

If I can do it, I know everyone else could too.

[fishdale]

SCORE:

so we concluded that it must be a st croix thing. .

Not just a croix thing if you have ceramic eye's it is going to happen sooner or later especially if you have kids or borrow your equipement to relatives. I have had it happen to my Loomis/quatum and croix rods along with all the misc kid rods that I own. I have a bunch of extras and a glue stick that I keep in my tackle box. They take only a couple minutes to fix. I stopped bothering with re wrapping the tip.

[Sandmannd]

I'll second going to Thorne Brothers for this.

[anchor man]

is it possible to just buy the round inserts, or do you have to replace the whole guide and rewrap?

[notrailer]

Anchor,

You have to buy the new guide and rewrap. If it's the tip top, you just have to heat it with a lighter and pull it off. You'll need more tip top glue to put it on. There is usually a wrap next to the tip top, which can be rewrapped if it looks bad.

[anchor man]

thanks notrailer, unfortunately I have two guides about mid pole that had the rings pop out, so I'll likely just bring it in for repair.