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Old 12-07-2014, 12:55 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by 1dozenraw View Post
He had a shop in Wakefield, RI in the 1990s.. where CVS is now. I am going to look at a 10' one piece spinning rod he built and I'm wondering what blanks he liked to build on. I know it's a long shot, and that he did build to order, but I thought it might help me ID the blank. Thanks in advance for any input.
His was one of the few shops you could order a lami GSB blank when they first came out. My friend Bob Andrade who built rods for all the top hooks told me to order a 1321M blank through Gil. I went down to order a blank and Pope wouldn't order the blank for me unless I let him build it. I walked out and went through a Connecticut connection for the blank. Never went back to his shop after that fiasco. Ten footer could be a 1201L - great blank.

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