pgw
02-13-2019, 03:16 PM
Early in January I picked up a used (really used) Winston Fiberglass Rod - 9' 7 wt. The rod was in need of re-wraping of some guides & the hook keeper, and turning the grip from a (traditional) half wells to a half wells that that I like which tapers right down to the diameter of the reel seat. I dropped the rod off at Winston where Kay and her team in the repair shop, cleaned up the rod, re-wrapped the guides, turned down the grip and re-did the information above the grip so it could be read again (scrapes & dings on the original), replaced the trophy decal, plus, she found a (barely) used Winston tube and sock for the rod. The cost of this complete restoration (and tube & sock) by Winston was less than a tank of gas for my truck. Those folks know how to take care of the "old" fiberglass rods.