Bamboo fly rod Repairs and Rebuilds
Bamboo fly rod repair thorough and affordable. We offer a complete range of repair and restoration services. I know that life can be messy. When the unthinkable happens and you damage your rod fighting that big fish (or car door), I can help. Do you want a seasonal checkup, a minor repair or to completely refurbish that favorite rod? Big or small, I offer my meticulous service of repairing and restoration of your bamboo rods. Learn more about bamboo fly rod repair here or see below for our repair pricing and details.
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Service Highlights
- Complete refurbishment from tip top to reel seat
- Guide rewrap or replacement - I will match most guide makes and thread colors.
- Lose a tip top - I will match most tip tops and rewrap.
- Loose or missing ferrule - I will reset and rewrap your ferrule. As I make ferrules, I will make a ferrule to match the other ferrules on your rod.
- Broken rod section - I will repair with a scarf or I will remake a section with your rod's exact taper and action.
- Delamination of sections - I will strip, glue and rewrap good as new.
- Hook digs - I will repair and seal the area.
- Have a set - I will straighten and take the twists out of your sections.
- Faded or chipped bluing - I will recharge your blued hardware back to new.
- Grip repair - I can repair or replace your rod grips.
Services and pricing
Rod Finish
- Clean, Smooth and Polish existing varnish $60
- Apply hard wax & buff all rod sections $25
- Clean & polish all hardware $25
- Varnish touch-up $20-45
- Varnish re-coat of existing wraps only $60
- Light overcoat of entire rod with spar varnish $100
- Strip all old varnish and re-varnish $200
Bamboo Repairs
- Repair hook dig/splinter with 'invisible' silk wrap $35
- Delamination repair $40-100
- Straighten set/twist in rod section $25
- Scarf joint new rod section to old $ 90-$175*
- Make new finished rod section to existing taper $350*
- Make new finished spey rod section to existing taper $400*
* Pricing does not include hardware if any needed
Grip Repairs
- Clean, fill, smooth cork grip $20
- Replace damaged section of cork grip $25-$40
- Replace entire grip (fit to your hand) $55*
- Modify grip to rattan grip $60
- Rewrap rattan grip $60
* Pricing does not include material cost
Wrap Repairs
- Rewrap guides, ferrules & tip tops $25
- Each additional wrap on same rod $20
- Add/Rewrap Intermediates $5
- Price per rod $100-$200
- Add/modify signature wraps $35
- Add inscription on rod shaft $20
Hardware Repair/replacement
- Guide replacement $25*
- Each additional on same rod $20*
- Tip top replacement $20*
- Ferrule replacement $30*
- Ferrule replacement pinned $40*
- Refit male to female ferrule $15*
- Reel seat repair/replacement $40*
- Hook keeper addition or replacement $20*
- Hardware re-bluing $40
- Install fighting butt - Quote
* Pricing does not include hardware cost
Full Rod Restoration $300-$600*
- Full rod restoration is the complete overhaul of the fly rod and can vary based on the rods needs and the owner’s desires. Generally, the work includes the repair/replacement of hardware, grips and reel seat, replacement of missing or damaged guides or installation of a complete new guide set, new wrappings with matching new silk, removal of any sets/twists in bamboo sections and the re-varnishing of the rod.
* Pricing does not include hardware cost
All work is professionally done and fully guaranteed for workmanship
Repair work is done on a first come first served basis
Customer is responsible for shipping costs