Adding wood handle to Tidewater 66 Rod, advice?

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[#000000][size 4]If you have the equipment to "barrel bore" the wooden handle, you could just cut the EVA foam off the blank and insert it (with epoxy) into the new wooden handle.[/size][/#000000]
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[size 4]If the rod was used for lighter purposes, (small fish), I could recommend that you cut off the blank and current handle below the reel, and turn your handle with a insert that would fit inside the blank.[/size]
[size 4]Then, rough up the inside of the blank and epoxy it into the blank.[/size]
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[size 4]Have you given any though to the added weight of the wood handle?[/size]
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