WOW Dave that turned out GREAT! Love the decal please give your wife a high five gor me!
Really great job on that one,like it went back in a time machine to the day it came out of the shop.
Nice Dave !!! And the decal looks mint. I am gonna have to have you wrap one for me someday !! lol !! John Taylor
Beautiful restoration job, Dave! You and your wife make a good team...very nice.
Sal
Wow that is some job there :)
Thanks! The red really is red. My phone doesn't take the best pictures and this time the red turned out pinkish.
Flying out to Orlando Tuesday and when I get my business done I'm hoping to make it out of Canaveral for a trip or two. If not casting on the Indian river will have to hold me over.
Dave
Very Sharp!!!
Dave, I love bringing an old one back around, and you killed this one. fantastic work on a very worthy, cool old project....I don't think I knew Pompanette made rods and this one is asking for a classic Tycoon 9/0 or 12/0 to match those guides.
Dave, that is some really sweet work. I love the attention to detail and the matching is extrodinary!
Regard's, .. Lou
Beautiful rod and restoration. Swivel tip and bent butt means it was most likely used as a heavy wireline trolling and/or deep drop rod prior to the invention of spectra. These were commonly used in the Bahamas.
Dave you & your wife are a great team, but your rod restoration, is in a class well above us all, a true master, cheers Don.
Wow, awesome rebuild bud! Darin
Beautiful restoration!
You're a magician Dave. You must have freaked out about the decal but it could not have turned out better. Could you tell who made the blank?
-steve
I'm really not sure of the blank. I didn't take the ferrule off so I'm not sure of the wall thickness at the butt. It did have an interesting weave pattern with a heavy white pigment I found under the large roller. I'm assuming it was a fairly good blank as were the hardware and grip. I sure wish I knew more about the rod. There were so many different brands that came out of Florida over the years.
Next project is a 7'-9" Gator-Glass that has been hanging up in my cellar for the last 20+ years. I love those old gators. This one will be used for jigging pollack in 250-300' of water. Think I'll get carried away with the butt wrap on this one.
Dave