Nick repair on a Sage RPL 5 wt

I have had this rod for a very long time. I recently discovered that there is a nick in the rod just below the rod tip. I don't know when this occurred, but I feel that I should get it repaired before disaster strikes on the stream. So, any suggestion on how to repair this damage. I did check with Sage and they said I would have to get a replacement rod for $295 since I am registered. This is without them seeing the damage. Anyway, I cannot shell out that kind of money. I like everyone else here, have other rods to use in the meantime.
Thanks for any help,
John
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Depends on how far from the tip top, If it's really close, just cut the tip top off and install a new one a little lower, that's the easy way, the other way is to install a tiny drop of super glue with a tooth pick- my cents

Carl Blackledge

That nic looks as if it may have been repaired once before unsuccessfully by whoever? That's a pretty rough finish behind the nic and I don't think any competent repair shop would have left it like that.
Just my thoughts.

Yeah there’s a lot going on there. If the nick is into the scrim there is nothing that can be done. Carl’s advice to cut it back and add a new tip top is about the only option. If the graphite is nicked, the rod will fail eventually.

I see no reason to not epoxy in a custom insert and apply a rod wrap to the outside before failure. I have several rods still functioning with such "repairs".
.....lee s.
P.S. They look far better than that too.

Don't bother with epoxy, if there's damage from a strike as with a weighted fly, it is internal and won't manifest other than a sudden break. Either fish it as is or pay for replacement. I had a rod do this...sent it in, Sage did all sorts of tests, imaging, and determined it was a strike. They rolled a blank section, fixed it, and waived the repair and shipping charge.

Thanks, Carl.

I think that I'll follow your suggestion. I think that the best thing to do is purchase the replacement. I guess one gets an equivalent type rod, albeit newer materials and the Sage guarantee.
Thanks,
John

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Originally Posted by JWilli

I have had this rod for a very long time. I recently discovered that there is a nick in the rod just below the rod tip. I don't know when this occurred, but I feel that I should get it repaired before disaster strikes on the stream. So, any suggestion on how to repair this damage. I did check with Sage and they said I would have to get a replacement rod for $295 since I am registered. This is without them seeing the damage. Anyway, I cannot shell out that kind of money. I like everyone else here, have other rods to use in the meantime.
Thanks for any help,
John
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A friend of mine who is a certified rod builder for Gary Loomis, suggested the following:

"To me, that doesn't look like it's near the tip. It also looks like rod finish that was overheated, rather than a nick."