Rookie,
I don't think we'll ever recoup the moneys we've put into rebuilding or even refinishing a rod especially when we factor in the time involved.
However, we will all realize the value of it when we finally assemble it, gazing down the length of the bamboo and seeing the brilliance of the finish, the sparkle of the ferrules and the sprinkle of colors from the wraps of the guides. You'll gaze at the ever-slight set to the right (maybe left, maybe down) that just will not straighten no matter how many times you've heated the bend to true it. But you've come to accept it giving it justification because of the natural weight of the bamboo- that which you've just spent weeks carressing between your fingers feeling for every micro bump or valley.
You'll mount the reel with line that you specifically selected for your now new favorite fly rod. Shaking out about fifteen feet of line you draw out another twenty or so feet. You are awestruck as you feel the rod load up on its very first back cast and watch the line follow as if in slow motion behind you. You restrain every muscle of your upper body, arms and hand from the impulse to punch the new cork grip forward and you wait for the line to unfurl behind you. Then, as you push the rod forward you notice an unfamiliar weight of forty feet of fly line, tippet and fly as it keeps your wooden rod from springing quickly forward- characteristics you've come accustomed to with the graphite rods you've been using. The bamboo finally wins this tug-o-war and forces the line forward to its target, a shadowy growth hanging over a small service plate sized eddy next to a round boulder resembling a beachball. The fly you selected swirls but a mere second or two. A flash of color, you gently but quickly lift the rod while gently snugging up your line-hand when you realize that every penny and every second you have just invested in this rod has returned you multifolds of immeasureable pleasure.
Enjoy your rebuild.
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God Blesses!
A wing & a Prayer! ----*<(((><~ ~ ~ ~
Quinn
"I envy not him that eats better meat than I do, nor him that is richer, or that wears better clothes than I do; I envy nobody but him, and him only that catches more fish than I do." Izaak Walton
God Bless and Tight Lines ----*<(((>< ~ ~ ~