On 25 Mar 2005 06:59:34 -0800, "Wayne Knight"
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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.

True enough (Hey! That brings to mind the name of the Heddon book: _The
Rod with the Fighting Heart_) but I meant something on the order of a
car door or someone, er, checking the speed and force of a ceiling fan.
One could fill the time waiting on warranty work on such a rod with
snipe hunting, I suppose... Actually, that dovetails into the other
thread the value of a warranty; if the company ain't there, the best
warranty in the world isn't and wasn't worth much.

TC,
R