I would not want to hold this for long especially with the appropriate reel and as for a fish that it was ment to catch you would definately need to be built like a brick ****house! I do like the whippings on it (does anyone recognise them)its 9 1/2 ft long and there are no makers details it has a broken butt ring and a replacement tip eye so Ithink it will end up as a landing net handle.
2lb 6oz monster
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Re: 2lb 6oz monster
Looks like a Marco nymph I picked up last year. Very similar fittings and whippings.
Mine is now a landing net handle!!
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Mine is now a landing net handle!!
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Re: 2lb 6oz monster
Hi LuckyLucaLuckyLuca wrote:Looks like a Marco nymph I picked up last year. Very similar fittings and whippings.
Mine is now a landing net handle!!
Did you use the ferrules or some other way of joining the cane and how long did you make it.
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Re: 2lb 6oz monster
Hi Harry,
As you say, these things are beasts!
I removed the rings, cut the handle above the fitting and refitted the butt cap.
Would have liked to keep it full length but it was just to heavy. I kept the original ferrules and used a
Keep net adaptor as a fitting on the end for the net.
As you say, these things are beasts!
I removed the rings, cut the handle above the fitting and refitted the butt cap.
Would have liked to keep it full length but it was just to heavy. I kept the original ferrules and used a
Keep net adaptor as a fitting on the end for the net.
I walked across an empty land
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.
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
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Re: 2lb 6oz monster
Thanks for the infoLuckyLuca wrote:Hi Harry,
As you say, these things are beasts!
I removed the rings, cut the handle above the fitting and refitted the butt cap.
Would have liked to keep it full length but it was just to heavy. I kept the original ferrules and used a
Keep net adaptor as a fitting on the end for the net.
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Re: 2lb 6oz monster
Before you get drastic on it, you might see if member "Hamburger" is interested in it: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=8747&hilit=sea+rods
"Trad" sea anglers are a bit thin on the ground, it would seem.
"Trad" sea anglers are a bit thin on the ground, it would seem.
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Re: 2lb 6oz monster
Hi Harry,Harry H wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2013 8:36 pm I would not want to hold this for long especially with the appropriate reel and as for a fish that it was ment to catch you would definately need to be built like a brick ****house! I do like the whippings on it (does anyone recognise them)its 9 1/2 ft long and there are no makers details it has a broken butt ring and a replacement tip eye so Ithink it will end up as a landing net handle.
I have been going through some of my old sea fishing tackles and have been reading some interesting post on TFF.
I came across this one and thought.... "I've one of them" there were no photos available though.
My one is 9ft and yes a beast!
It was made though when 20lbs Cod were caught on piers!
I am going to give my one a little refurb and along with a big wooden centerpin and a knotted hanky for a hat, take it for an airing this summer just for the romance of it on a pier, if can find one that you can still fish from? Herne Bay they say you can, but I will double check that.
Is your one like this one?
Mr B
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Re: 2lb 6oz monster
I don't remember the rod but then again I'm struggling with what happened yesterday let alone 11 years agoMr B wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:01 amHi Harry,Harry H wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2013 8:36 pm I would not want to hold this for long especially with the appropriate reel and as for a fish that it was ment to catch you would definately need to be built like a brick ****house! I do like the whippings on it (does anyone recognise them)its 9 1/2 ft long and there are no makers details it has a broken butt ring and a replacement tip eye so Ithink it will end up as a landing net handle.
I have been going through some of my old sea fishing tackles and have been reading some interesting post on TFF.
I came across this one and thought.... "I've one of them" there were no photos available though.
My one is 9ft and yes a beast!
It was made though when 20lbs Cod were caught on piers!
I am going to give my one a little refurb and along with a big wooden centerpin and a knotted hanky for a hat, take it for an airing this summer just for the romance of it on a pier, if can find one that you can still fish from? Herne Bay they say you can, but I will double check that.
Is your one like this one?
Mr B
I do go sea fishing every now and again, normally off Walton Pier.
I still have a Chapmans Walton to restore waiting in the getting around to it pile.
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Re: 2lb 6oz monster
That looks a nice set up Harry, nice rod and reel.Harry H wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:38 amI don't remember the rod but then again I'm struggling with what happened yesterday let alone 11 years agoMr B wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:01 amHi Harry,Harry H wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2013 8:36 pm I would not want to hold this for long especially with the appropriate reel and as for a fish that it was ment to catch you would definately need to be built like a brick ****house! I do like the whippings on it (does anyone recognise them)its 9 1/2 ft long and there are no makers details it has a broken butt ring and a replacement tip eye so Ithink it will end up as a landing net handle.
I have been going through some of my old sea fishing tackles and have been reading some interesting post on TFF.
I came across this one and thought.... "I've one of them" there were no photos available though.
My one is 9ft and yes a beast!
It was made though when 20lbs Cod were caught on piers!
I am going to give my one a little refurb and along with a big wooden centerpin and a knotted hanky for a hat, take it for an airing this summer just for the romance of it on a pier, if can find one that you can still fish from? Herne Bay they say you can, but I will double check that.
Is your one like this one?
Mr B
I do go sea fishing every now and again, normally off Walton Pier.
I still have a Chapmans Walton to restore waiting in the getting around to it pile.
I bet the Chapmans Walton is a nice rod.
I have a few old sea rods... quite a few and lots of reels too.
This is my old 7000.. not as pristine as your one!
I wished I kept the original handle! I took it off around 15 years ago and must have thrown it away!
Hopefully your get out on that pier in the summer.
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