Mikey, after receiving your SouthBend today, about all I can say is this is one great little rod. I hope you don't mind sharing your great find with the other members here....This is a beautiful specimen of one of SouthBends finest...

SouthBend 291, 7 1/2' 4 piece in beautiful condition. the varnish is very good to excellent, as is the grip and reelseat. This rod wasn't used very much at all in the past 20 to 30 years and the result of just sitting around and drying out in someones closet didn't help Mike when he fished it and had a ferrule separation. not a big issue and certainly not uncommon.

Wrapped in gold with red tips and is just a beautiful rod. Can't wait to get it all finished and back to you my friend...




[This message has been edited by dleo6446 (edited 04 August 2005).]