yet another rewrapping job for a friend

[steelfish]

after searching and founding just a bit of info of this rod brand, it appears that belongs to a small rod company in California, I just got a pretty beatup rod, which is perfect to restore it as loaner rod, but this rod I got the blank is composite not pure Eglass, so its bit lighter than the one I restored few years ago.

https://www.americanpremiercorp.com/aboutus.html

https://www.americanpremiercorp.com/rods.html


this will be a personal project, but its behind the calstar blank and the rainshadow 84XH I have pending to build 

[Jim Fujitani]

Yeah, that one looks like it is going to take a while.

Over forty years ago, a close friend at the time begged me to repair and rebuild two matching ultra light trout rods that had spent several months on the bottom of a creek in a box canyon up in the Sierras.  The rods had sentimental value and he really wanted the rods back to usable condition.  I told him it would cost more than buying two new rods, but if he was willing to wait, I would only charge him for materials.  The reels were toast and he didn't even bring them to me to look at. 

The blanks were the only remaining part from the originals.  Even then, after stripping and cleaning, they needed coats of varnish to start with.  The two rods took over three months (since I wasn't charging for time and labor).  I got the rods as close to original, minus the decals, and my friend and his father were extremely happy.