It happens

[RUGER]

Ain't the first and won't be the last.
Sucks this time though because it was my favorite and my son gave it to me for Christmas :cry:

I think I found one on eBay so maybe I can replace it with an identical one anyway.

 

[TNCharlie]

I used heat shrink tubing to repair that same type of damage. That was several years ago and I'm still using the rod. Trout, bream, and crappie don't seem to care.

Edited to add: I used a piece cut from an old broken rod along with the heat shrink tubing. Here's a video of the process.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmdeDl5_AaM