I have a Harrington rod in for a guide repair and notice that it has quite a bend in the first three or four feet, apparently, from improper storage. Is there a way to straighten the rod? The rod has some sentimental value to the owner, his Dad had it custom built years ago.

Hi Mike,
If you can store it for a fair while somewhere warm with the reverse direction you might be lucky. The ones I've seen seem to take a permanent set but I've never tried to get rid of one. Store them verically if short enough or with a lot of supports in the horizontal position.

ESFNEM Col
Port Kembla, NSW
Australia

Hello Mike.

Try hanging it from the tip with a heavy weight hanging from the butt (remember to keep it all straight).

Good Luck & Tight Wraps.

Bob,

New Bern, NC.

Hang it from the tip with a heavy weight on the butt in an oven at 135 degrees for about a week.

Roger

I did it with a bamboo but section
mark the blank so you can lay it with the bend up Put some weight on the area Do this several times it should work
Just keeping a round blank in one position is the thing

Bill - willierods.com

Thank you for the ideas. The owner is an older fellow who doesn't fish much anymore, so we'll see if he wants to do anything.