When Thomas S. was just eight years old, his grandfather first led him down to a quiet stock tank. In his hands was a one-piece bamboo bait-casting rod—its agate guides gleaming faintly, a stainless steel trigger resting against a weathered oak handle worn smooth by years of use.

Years later, that heirloom rod was lovingly brought back to life. The blank was carefully sanded, refinished, and dressed once more with guides restored to their original brilliance, wrapped in elegant silk thread. The oak handle, painstakingly sanded and refinished, revealed its natural beauty once again—breathing new spirit into his grandfather’s treasured rod.