"as received:
and then the new handle for the shortened rod:
well it is all done now and the original butt section has been refurbished and is done. It cast a #7/8 and held a 18inch + bass out of the old lake last Sat.
I now have a 7"6" 4/5 wt bamboo for small streams and a 9’ for larger streams and warm water from the one SB#59 blank> I got this idea from a rod building site… wish I could claim to be that smart.
