bulldog1935 wrote:1922 Mills catalog
Do you have a copy from that catalog with the regular Catskill rods (8' 6" to 9' 6")?
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bulldog1935 wrote:1922 Mills catalog
Indeed. I no longer have the catalogs, but there were several models with the crown jewel being the “Booman2 wrote: ↑07/24/17 21:35I don't have my records at my fingertips tonight, but I think Mr. Wulff sold off his Atlantic Salmon lodges in about the late 1940's and was using (at least in part) Farlow's bamboo rods.
Someone with an early Norm Thompson catalog handy may be able to add additional info.
hello; fly - kuniFlykuni3 wrote: ↑09/18/22 16:03You guys know I'm a small stream, short bamboo sort of guy, and I think the ask back then was precisely what I seek today: fun and a challenge fishing for smaller trout in small places with a well-designed short bamboo rod. (This is a hunch on my part.) The old 9' or 8 1/2' for 6 wt rod can never do on the tiny waters, and I'd bet the old rodmakers were asked all the time for shorter, lighter sticks that would be fun. And how many jointed up two top sections and gave them a flex, or were fooling around with parts and made themselves a banty? Re Lee Wulff, sure we know he fished them short for big fish, but I recall reading how he'd get one season out of a rod. In other words, and sorry if you're a big fan of his, he actually abused and misused the rods. I for one would feel like a damned criminal if I fished even a "common Orvis" into oblivion. Imho.
Flykuni3;
yes, i suspect sometime in the 17th century some angler broke a fourteen foot pole - rod - in half and the short rod idea was planted in his her brain. the horsehair line would have been attached to the pole - rod.