Patrick---I think the Surfcaster "shop" is Bill P's house. I don't think they do regular retail sales out of it, just catalog sales. I wouldn't just show up unannounced, call and see whether they do business that way first. The only business I think he does in person there is a pre-arranged pick-up of a custom rod that's too long to ship at a resonable cost. Don't surprise him and ring his doorbell unannounced
As far as Gibbs goes---he dropped them because he got fed up with not having them when Jim Griecci spent all winter skiing in Vermont and fishing in the tropics, instead of making plugs, and because the first thing the new owners did when they bought out Griecci was to jack the prices up 30%.