My issue is I was going threw my rods tonight and found one of my 12' Emblem rods missing 5 of the 8 guides. I have no clue when this happened, I havn't used the rod in awhile, in fact I can't even remember when it was used last, or what happened to it, dropped or what I don't know.
I really like these blanks and really like the rod, but now what do I do. Its a two piece and all the guides on the top half are screwed. I had a guide replaced at 7 seas awhile back and it cost me, well it cost me a couple bucks.
Do I scrap the rod at a 170 bucks and call it a loss or have the guides replaced for x amount of dollars and put to much into the rod then its worth.
I think the blank is great just the guides are crapolla. What would you do in this spot? Can someone give me a price on putting good surf casting guides on a 12' 2 piece blank? It would be strip the guides leave everything else and rewrap replace the guides. If not then I'll let it go and replace with another 12' off the rack. Problem is in these tight times who wants to spend the money.
