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Rodrill of London.

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Some of these pictures were posted on the old PP site, as well as thepathbythewater. Due to having a sort out on my photobucket all the old links were broken so I thought I'd put them up again on here instead.

A somewhat unloved maker this one, but I am about to start work on my third. The first one I done was my first proper restoration from the blank up. I bought it firstly, because it was cheap (not wanting to start a learning curve on a B James or such like), and secondly, because I'd read somewhere out there in the internet ether, that they happened to have made, at one time, a nice, strong, barbel rod. Anyhow, when it turned up, all twenty quids worth of the thing, I rather liked it and truth be told it's one of the first rods I reach for when I know there's potential for some agro from either big marauding barbel and carp. It's a rather strong, 3 pc eleven footer, somewhere between an avon and a MK IV, I'd guess. The first one I done I re-ringed with some nice clear, stand-off agates I got from Barney. I lifted a colour scheme straight from the Edward Barder Pallet (garnet with gold inters), added a hook keeper, nice bag, and turned up some ferrul stoppers. Amongst my collection it stands somewhere out in front on account of it being my first restorations and also because I took a top-caught (free-lined floating crust) 15lb carp, a 6lb 1oz chub and a 7lb 12oz barbel all on it's maiden voyage, all within a couple of hours.
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And just for pure vanity the 3 aforementioned fish (with cliched c'pin pose)

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Then the second Rodrill I done, which incidentally I bought only so that I would have spare tip for the first. It stood in the corner of the room till I could stand looking at it no more. This time I done it with the same clear agate lined butt and tip but with open bridge guides as a full-on leger rod. I added an extra ring to the tip section, something I wish I had of done on the first now, too, as the four that were on there originally, while perfectly acceptible, could have been improved slightly. I extended the handle forward (loosing the badge in the process), added a thick cork top and bottom and then gave it a black and white jasper whip whith extra thin inters and some new reel bands. I don't have the before pictures but it was pretty much exactly the same as the first.

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And so I now have one more to do. Again bought as a spare lest I break the tip on the previous two but again it's just too good to leave unrestored and yet again I find myself restoring another one of these old Rodrills. This one I think I'll do with a nice dark green and red with 1/2", or if I'm feeling brave, 1/4" inters.

To be continued....

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Some lovely rods and pictures there Haydn. :thumb:
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Fantastic. :thumb:
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Just beautiful work. I really like the total precision of the intermediates and the overall clean aesthetic you achieve. Some great 'with fish' images as well. I don't think I'll ever tire of reading about and looking at rods and images such as these.
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Lovely work as usual. Nice looking rods, quite slender. I particularly like the opaque lining to the rings
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Lovely rods, lovely fish. :thumb:
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Those are absolutely beautiful Haydn, some day all rods will be made this way!!!! :hat:
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My third and, one would hope, last Rodrill of London. I must admit to coming over all camp on this one initially, but then thought better of it. I started out with the Piper's Guardsman red, which, like most reds, ends up looking just like Garnet anyhow. But to start with I thought I'd do something a little different. Originality tarts look away now...because I decided to tip the whippings with a metalic silver... yes, a metalic silver Coat's thread. Taste got the better of me though and I removed it.


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Lovely Haydn, just lovely. :hat:
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Thanks, Mark. A much underated rod and marque, is the old Rodrill. I think I recall another fourm user thinking it was pretty much an Allcocks Adonis clone. Whatever they are, I like them. And truth be told, the one I fitted out with open bridge guides is what I reach for first if I know there's likely to be a few lunkers about. The action seems to sit nicely between an Avon and a MK IV but at a useful 11ft length and without the worryingly expensive price tag that comes with an Avocet. A good every-day rod, in other words.

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