Adam:

As I understood things Concolon was a well respected blank maker that produce many of the midrange fiberglass blanks at the time. Garcia was a sporting goods company and I always assumed that they either wrapped the rods and marketed them or just did the marketing. I used Garcia Conolon spinning rods in the 1960s and had a blue fly rod of the same era. I think that all of the rods at that time used metal ferrules. Glass rods tend to be slower than most if not all graphites so take your time and enjoy. As Dudley says it is a good rod and is made for fishing.

David