mystery rod, help please.
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mystery rod, help please.
#1is there any way one can find out about what i think could be a bespoke rod. i have recently aquired a 9' cane flyrod in quite good condition, but the screw in butt plate or pad is missing. which is where there might have been maybe a serial number. all that is on it is just above the cork handle is written P ROBINSON 1965, i use this rod along with my 8' 1960 sharpes featherweight, which is what the style of writing reminded me of, but sadly sharpes could shed no light on the matter. so am at a loss really.
Re: mystery rod, help please.
#2This is probably a home build from a kit, with the builder's name on it. This was a popular option in the 1960s when most UK anglers lived on tight budgets - in part because there was no sales tax on kits. A few companies, including Chapman and JB Walker supplied very decent components and good instructions. Some of the greatest anglers of that era, including Richard Walker, used them.
Can't be certain, of course, but that is what the probabilities suggest. How does it cast and fish?
Can't be certain, of course, but that is what the probabilities suggest. How does it cast and fish?
Re: mystery rod, help please.
#3it casts perfectly. i like mid to tip action on my river. we are busy at the moment catching a lot of sea trout, mostly at night, and the rod is handling it fine. i use more than my Sharpe's now, when a longer rod is called for. my 8' sharpe's and little hardy's rover is ideal for the small streams.