Fly rod repair

[blacksquirrel2]

The cork handle has cracked on a custom fly rod I have. The gentleman that built it is no longer with us. It is broken 360 degrees through to the blank right in the palm area of the handle. Any builders on here that would be interested in repair?

 

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[jeffmac85]

Whereabouts are you? 

[jeffmac85]

I may be able to help you out 

[blacksquirrel2]

Just south of wellsville

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[Pete Collin]

Message me if you can't find help.

[bottom-feeder]

Get ahold of danny Colville @colville outfitters

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[jeffmac85]

I am in Buffalo, shoot me a message and I'll get you my cell number.  Maybe you can text me some photos and we can work out a way to get it fixed.  It's a bit of a pain to get the reel seats loose but I've done a bunch before.   We can put a new handle on from the back side too so you don't technically have to rewrap any guides.  I do a ton of reel seats and butt caps for Danny, he's a great guy but you will wait a long time if you can even get him to agree to do a repair for you.  He's just too busy.  It's a fairly straight forward fix really, if you are so inclined I could even show you how to do it on your own on a piece of threaded rod with a hand drill.  I know a lot of guys who have done handles this way before they bought a lathe.