Quote Originally Posted by bobbyg View Post
When you say the mid section of the South Bend 24 has a nicely done repair, exactly what was the repair and who accomplished it?

Thanks.

Bob
I bought the rod under the guise that it was perfect and never had any issues, When I received it, it had signs of a repair (and intermediate wraps added) that showed themselves in a nasty kink in the mid section. The repair was solid, and other than the kink you really couldn't detect it easily. I sent it to a guy named Mark Craig in Acworth, GA who has a pretty good reputation for boo repair on NGTO, and he stripped it, repaired the repair, straightened it as much as possible, and rewrapped/finished it. I bought the rod with the intent of hunting smallmouth. I just haven't been on a smallmouth trip in the two years since I had it repaired, and don't see that happening any time soon. It is unfished since it was redone. Nice rod too.

Jeff