Good call on the fiberglass rods; these have spent many years on my Browning Silaflex. I've always wanted a nice Shakespeare Wonder Rod too; I keep looking but haven't found it yet. Actually the Royalist has been retired; the white plastic cover broke in two and I've super-glued it but I don't want to take a chance on breaking it again . I have two red South Bends too; one is on my South Bend bamboo rod; the other is, well, just around.