Got a custom made smallmouth rod back in the '70's that I still own. Cut down Fenwick baitcasting rod, made into a spinning rod. Removed the handle and put on a straight handle and you taped on the spinning reel. On the rod, it read, "Custom Made by Billy Westmoreland" with my name on it as well. Ultra sensitive but like fishing with a ballbat. It was what he used exclusively for big smallies in the pre-graphite days. Never leaves my rod rack now.