Mike Brooks has made 2 rods for me and both are a delight to cast & fish(and look at). According to testing he has done his Permacane process actually results in about a 10% reduction in weight from a nontreated blank due to displacement of all moisture in the cane and total blockage of any moisture re-entry. He feels that the action of any given taper is actually speeded up a bit when txed. with Permacane. Although unneccesary Mike varnishes all his rods to meet the cosmetic expectations of the buyer. Having had a number of old production rods fail by breaking at the ferrule and in every instance noting degraded cane due to water entry at the break point I'm pretty sold on the benefits of impregnation and believe things have come a long way from the old Bakelite saturation approach.

And, yes! Nice nice nice PHYs there Mr. Quash.

If Mistakes are the Wellspring of Wisdom how come I ain't Solomon?