After a totally frustrating 56 hours without an internet connection ... I can now properly report that this rod is currently winging it's way to me.
To go alongside my 12ft. version this 11ft. 3in version of the same name, of which I was previously unaware, looks to be in really very good condition.
It's a 3 piece rod, which I assume is Spanish Reed butt, Spanish Reed spliced to whole can middle, and an all split cane tip. This is unusual, as even the 10ft. 6in. rods I have of this style from this maker normally have a whole cane spliced to split cane tip.
More photos will follow when it arrives.
((PS ... I still have no idea about who 'JFT' was !!!))
Precision Rods "R Sealey's Match-Winner JFT" 11ft. 3in.
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Precision Rods "R Sealey's Match-Winner JFT" 11ft. 3in.
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Nice. Glad you won it
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looks a nice rod Mal, I guess it must be quite light
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Well done Mal, good price too.
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Another Sealey returns to its "spiritual" home
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I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete.
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I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete.
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Re: Precision Rods "R Sealey's Match-Winner JFT" 11ft. 3in.
The rod arrived this morning ... and it must be Christmas as it's 'a cracker. !!!
Straight as a die, and ready to be fished ... the best condition rod of this style I've been able to acquire.
I do, however, have to rectify an error I made in my original post (making assumptions is always dodgy !!!).
The rod weighs in heavier than I expected at 13.6oz. (385gr) ... with the butt alone being 8.9os. (253gr) with a 21.5in. handle.
When I compared this to the butt of the 12ft version I have with it's 22.5in. handle, I found that this weighed less at 8.6oz (245gr).
I know that the 12ft. rod has a Spanish Reed butt, as part of the lacquering is missing ... so I now believe that the shorter 11ft. 3in. version is, in fact, a whole cane butt and not Spanish Reed as I originally thought.
I was also delighted to find the rod has been purchased from a TFF member who generously enclosed a small gift !!! Thank you, Sir !!!
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Straight as a die, and ready to be fished ... the best condition rod of this style I've been able to acquire.
I do, however, have to rectify an error I made in my original post (making assumptions is always dodgy !!!).
The rod weighs in heavier than I expected at 13.6oz. (385gr) ... with the butt alone being 8.9os. (253gr) with a 21.5in. handle.
When I compared this to the butt of the 12ft version I have with it's 22.5in. handle, I found that this weighed less at 8.6oz (245gr).
I know that the 12ft. rod has a Spanish Reed butt, as part of the lacquering is missing ... so I now believe that the shorter 11ft. 3in. version is, in fact, a whole cane butt and not Spanish Reed as I originally thought.
I was also delighted to find the rod has been purchased from a TFF member who generously enclosed a small gift !!! Thank you, Sir !!!
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"Beside the water I discovered (or maybe rediscovered) the quiet. The sort of quiet that allows one to be woven into the tapestry of nature instead of merely standing next to it." Estaban.