just got this in the mail today. it's a vintage grizzly-fenwick 6'7" 1-piece spinning rod i found on ebay. it's in excellent shape, the cork looks brand new and all the wraps are tight and solid. i figure if i start "collecting" rods it'll give me an excuse to have more than anyone really thinks is reasonable, haha.

That is not a factory made rod. Fenwick rod builder blanks were yellow, factory made rods were reddish brown in color. I had a custom made fly rod on a "Grizzly" blank back in the 70's. Looking at the wraps, etc. that is definately a custom rod.

thanks for the info. i just bought it because i'm a fenwick fan and thought the rod looked awesome, but that's even cooler that it's a custom rod.