Bream buster tip repair?

jgp12000 · March 31, 2025, 06:23:36 AM

Well I pulled the tip of my fav BnM' Little Jewel off.I just discovered BnM' is short for <Broom & Mop company>.

I read one guy used a baitholder hook cut to length for repair & said the barbs aid during wrapping.I thought about a small cotter key but may have too sharp of an edge? I assume the correct tips are available,I will call Broom & Mop today...

jgp12000 · March 31, 2025, 07:14:32 AM

I just had a novel idea,I will cut a gold aberdeen hook to length,then attach it with 2-3 yellow bobber stop strings & epoxy it all, a little bling

Me & my 6 year old grandson were fishing at our creek,we were catching 4" warmouth
One after the other til we got hung up and the tip pulled off.

We had about 10 in a bucket then went bass fishing in the pond,he can cast an 8' foot catfish pole with an okuma classic level wind reel,better than me at 6 that's fer sure,he caught one bass then we got rained out.

jgp12000 · March 31, 2025, 05:12:07 PM

Well it werent pretty so I heat shrinked over the ugliness,normal wrapping would have been better.Its bream proof though

happyhooker · March 31, 2025, 07:45:21 PM

Went you say the tip came off, did just the metal part with the line insert (tiptop) come off, or did the rod tip break off with the tiptop?

Frank

JasonGotaProblem · March 31, 2025, 08:07:02 PM

I gotta say I'm struggling to follow this thread.

jgp12000 · March 31, 2025, 10:48:42 PM

The tip pulled off the end of the bream buster,it did not break.I believe they look similar to a small cotter key.
I cut a gold aberdeen hook to the proper length & wrapped it with bobber stop string,epoxied it,then put some heat shrink over it all, it works now.

oldmanjoe · April 01, 2025, 03:32:22 AM

My guess is it is a stick with no guides , just a eyelet for the tip to tie the line to .

Midway Tommy · April 01, 2025, 03:48:50 AM

Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on March 31, 2025, 08:07:02 PMI gotta say I'm struggling to follow this thread.

Yeah, me too. Photos would sure take the guess work and assumptions out of the equation, especially for those that have no idea what a Bream Buster is. The tip on those things have a reputation of coming off easily. I guess the flat eye on the tip slides into pole base more easily but I see no reason why a modified small regular tip top wouldn't work. 🥴 They're really nothing more than a glorified fiberglass telescopic bamboo pole. 😉

Brewcrafter · April 01, 2025, 04:58:00 AM

Quote from: Midway Tommy on April 01, 2025, 03:48:50 AMPhotos would sure take the guess work and assumptions out of the equation, especially for those that have no idea what a Bream Buster is.

With Tommy on this; a picture is worth a thousand words. Now before going and customizing Aberdeen hooks into tip guides, I do have two canepoles that I inherited from my FIL, and the tip "guides" are actually small safety pins where the head has been cut off, leaving the two arms to be wrapped to the pole and the looped "spring" part of the safety pin to become the eye of the guide. For those much younger than I asking "What is a safety pin?" - It's what's used to keep diapers secured on babies....you know - diapers, the absolute best polishing rags in world. Wait, Y'all still confused?
https://images.app.goo.gl/MFBkM5T3haqDbQBY7

jgp12000 · April 01, 2025, 09:53:14 AM

BnM actually recommends tying the line around the eyelet rather than through, it's stronger.A bream buster was the original telescopic fiberglass pole I believe,in GA we call them all " Bream busters"

.It's fun catching the 4" warmouth to use for bass bait. non stop live action ! (turtle man)

https://www.bnmpoles.com/products/bb

jgp12000 · April 01, 2025, 12:05:53 PM

Live action !

Brewcrafter · April 01, 2025, 01:01:06 PM

Catching the bait looks like fun! - john

MarkT · April 01, 2025, 05:06:01 PM

I thought for "live action" you just use your hands?

Midway Tommy · April 01, 2025, 05:20:53 PM

The sites that handle/advertise those rods never show the tips.

I got to thinking that maybe it's because it's such a lousy design. 🤔

One guy I saw runs the line through the eye hole, then wraps the line around the sleeve on the tip a few times, runs the line down the pole 8-12" & wraps it around the pole a few more times & ties it there. Then he goes back and wraps both places with electrical tape. He claims it strengthens the tip & loop since they have a tendency to come off.

I think they seem kind of hokey and really don't see much of an advantage over an old fashion multi section bamboo or glass type "cane pole".

jgp12000 · April 01, 2025, 09:31:29 PM

Mark, the water moccassins love the rocks at the creek,only turtle man
Does that, not me...