Last weekend I fixed up an old Glass Salt rod to try un till I get my new rod. The old rod is one of the clear yellow glass rods 8' that has a long wooden handle. The thing is ancient. It had slop in the connection where the blank meets the handle, so I took it apart and JB welded it togather. The wrapping on the guides were iffy, so I gave them a few drops of super glue and wrapped them in Red Electrical tape. I then took my dremmel tool and polished out the guides. As big as the blank is when I load it it bends all the way into the handle evenly. The rod weighs about 1.5 lbs.. I obviously had a lot of time on my hands last weekend. Has anybody use one of these relics before. I figure if the Guides don't bust away from the blank during the first few casts I 'd keep it around for trolling. Its funny, when I got this rod years ago I took the reel off and just tossed the rod aside in the garage and it never dawned on me that is was even there. Its was interesting to look at the bad design of where the blank met the handle.