Hey guys, I've had this old Garcia laying around for a while. Got it when a friend passed away, it was in bad shape. Cork and end cap chewed to heck by rats, guides rusted and bent up, wraps coming off, and label scratched up. All I got from it was fast taper, light action, 4 star, 7 foot. Didn't turn out as nice as Mojo's but it'll fish.







Still trying to decide what to do on the sig area.


Thanks for looking
Mike

Actually it is Gudebrod brown thread. Funny thing, I had the blank stripped and painted gloss black and saw a posting of a rod that was stripped and varnished. Thought it was Mojorizing but I could be wrong. Went out to the shop and stripped it again and put a few coats of spar on it! Really glad I did. If it wasn't Allen who posted the pics then thanks to whoever it was!

Mike

Mike---A beautiful resurrection ---I wise that had the tallent and the knowledge to redo some older rods---they had a lot of class.

Gary

Well Glenn, let's see, cork is expensive ... wood is free! I like the look of wood, wasn't a restore so I just did whatever I felt like. Under the whole grip and reelseat is a 3/4 inch aluminum pipe so the wood was a little easier to turn, I could just make a couple of collets instead of a 3/4 in mandrel. The cork was a preformed piece I picked up a couple of years ago with a 5/8" bore. A lot of old rods used solid wood grips, mostly boat rods though. I think I'll go look for some bass in a week or two.

Mike