Yup.

If you still had the original broken section, maybe you could do a stent repair. The tip stent repair is more for the cosmetics of having a full length rod section that matches the original colors. A stented tip will never flex like the original. A sleeve repair is more secure but not as attractive.

But you don't have the original rod section. Adding a piece of another rod will really stick out. So a cosmetic repair is out.

Put a new tip top on the rod and test cast it. If you like how it feels, find some matching threads to do a tip top wrap. You probably should relocate the nearest guide (or the top 2-3 guides) if that seems appropriate.

There are probably photos of Silaflex wraps on the forum. If you don't find any you can work from, ask in this thread. I'll be happy to shoot some close-up photos.

What model Silaflex?


Tom

I won't fish a rod with short tip, just bugs me. And a rod needs those last few inches, it's about the length of the lever. Lose a couple inches and the rod will start moving to the next line weight up. If you like it as is, great!!!

But I have put wire or graphite stents in dozens of rods with excellent results, I try to find a donor with same basic color. I often put repair under a guide wrap and it pretty much disappears.

Kids fishing rod....is it really glass?? And use a short stent, an inch is plenty.

I have a Parametric I chopped a couple inches off in a power window 10 or 12 years ago, I put a wire inside w a little epoxy, didn't wrap it at all, and have caught a hundred carp on that rod since. I kinda like old warhorse rods.