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Yep, and I take it you mean "*fixed*" as in fixed up to fish rather
than
truly "*restored*," and if so, I agree. This sounds like a
$150-200.00-ish rod, and appropriate refurb (but heck, you can still
get
the Heddon thread) isn't going to do anything but make it worth about
the same or a little more, so I'd suggest that he fix it up, use it,
and
if he didn't like it, then sell it. Of course, the risk would be
that
some damage would occur to it, but that would be true of any rod.


Those old heddon rods were almost indestructible, kind of like the
pickups they make in the 60's. I seriously doubt that any old texas
bucket mouth is going to hurt that thing.