Repair of Charlie Murat Rod

[Duke41]

My neighbor was the rod builder for George. His shop was around the corner from my house.

[Mike P]

Murat and Hammock built on Lamiglas blanks, cut to their, or the customers', specifications.

All you need to do to keep the Murat look is find someone who can duplicate the wraps.

[Saltheart]

George built rods too. He may have had someone else do some but I don't know. I know. George built some of my rods himself and Dave Hammock built some for me way back when. .

THW , I agree , if you want to prserve the rod , hang it up. If you want function , get a graphite seat or plate seat if you want an easier fix.

[Polamar]

Thanks for the comments! I am surprised the it would be a Lamiglas blank because the blank is brown. A unique feature of the rod is that it has some type of hard foam (brown brick colored) two section hand grips that are ribbed that fit the hands comfortably that I have never seen anywhere else.
I wish I retired the rod a season earlier.

Tight Lines!

[Mike P]

Brown blank and those hard ribbed grips makes it sound like a rod Charlie built in the late 50s or early 60s. Lami built brownish (some were more on the reddish side) blanks with a weave texture back then. I have one that belonged originally to my dad Been re-wrapped a few times---last time I got rid of those old grips as there were worn almost smooth.