Rod repair service

[J.A. Veil]

Last week as I loaded up after a trip, I looked at one of my rods and saw that the ceramic ring on one guide had broken loose -- the guide needed to be replaced. I can replace rod tips myself, but don't have the thread-wrapping equipment to do an interior guide. I sent a note to Ken Preston, a rod builder and repair guy in Pasadena, who had done some work for me last winter. I was disappointed to learn that he had recently moved to another state. Ken recommended that I call Wayne Bickford to help me. I gave the damaged rod to Wayne on Tuesday afternoon. He returned the repaired rod to me today. He told me I could come to his home or he could meet me at some other mutually agreeable location -- we met at a Home Depot lot near my home. I was very pleased with the quality of his work, and I appreciated his responsiveness.

If you live within an easy drive of Crofton and need any rod repairs keep Wayne in mind. His phone number is 301-412-4973.

[Raptor]

John,

Thanks for the tip. I have been going to Shore Tackle in Kent Narrows of the few repairs I have had to do. It is nice to have a couple of options. One thing about ST is that their custom rods are to die for. It is always nice to check them out when I go there - they are a little out of pocket book range for me, but they sure are beautiful rods. If I had a fishing motor boat I would consider one but a kayak is just too rough on rods and reels to spend that kind of cash on one.


T.

[DonV]

Just had the same issue, used Clydes in Lansdowne and am really happy with the quallity of the repair. Prices were very reasonable.