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Thought I'd post some more photos of the Wojnicki rods. BTW, I think it's interesting how Mario numbers his rods. The 217P4 ,with the still covered grip, is #10239 which means it was finished on October 23 2009. The 237P4 was completed on April 3, 2008 and the 82 5L on March 4, 2008. Years from now there won't be any question when Mario's rods were built. It's hard to tell in the photos, but the signature wraps on the 82 5L are done in green instead of the usual black, maybe to compliment the cherry insert.

The top rod with the uplocking reel seat could be considered a "mini pecker head" I guess. The reel seats all measure around 3.5". The grip on the 82 5L is 6.5", the 237P4 is 6.25" and the 217P4 is 5.75" - all proportioned to the rod. The larger "pecker head" is actually on a 7'9" rod and looks fine in person and is supremely comfortable. The photo may distort the size a bit. I ordered the cigar on the 7'2" rod because I tend to like that type of grip on shorter and lighter rods. On my postage scale, the 82 5L weighs 3.5 oz., the 237P4 weighs 3 oz. and the 217P4 weighs 2.5 oz. I've got to say that I'm very impressed with these rods, especially the parabolics - expensive as the dickens but worth it in my view.