Sealey Supreme: eBay find - a little curious about something
- MaggotDrowner
- Sea Trout
- Posts: 4011
- Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:32 pm
- 11
- Location: Nottinghamshire
Re: Sealey Supreme: eBay find - a little curious about somet
Yes, he uses them, but in a whole cane / built cane / built cane format. I'm talking about whole / whole / built.
"I'd rather be fishing!"
MD
MD
- Tinca Tinca
- Grayling
- Posts: 719
- Joined: Wed Nov 20, 2013 7:56 pm
- 10
- Location: Aachen, Germany
Re: Sealey Supreme: eBay find - a little curious about somet
I think your rod is not strong enough for Barbel.In my opinion it is a match rod for tiddlers.
Looking the material over the cork on the buttsection it is nearly sure spanish reed.
But this is a discusion that we had a few times before...I donot think it is cane,perhaps
one of our specialists knows better..A really nice rod at all(Restored or not )..Well done for this price
This rod CY uses might be an early Avon rod like that Mr Crabtree uses....
Looking the material over the cork on the buttsection it is nearly sure spanish reed.
But this is a discusion that we had a few times before...I donot think it is cane,perhaps
one of our specialists knows better..A really nice rod at all(Restored or not )..Well done for this price
This rod CY uses might be an early Avon rod like that Mr Crabtree uses....
- Gord
- Crucian Carp
- Posts: 787
- Joined: Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:57 pm
- 11
- Location: Romsey, Hampshire
Re: Sealey Supreme: eBay find - a little curious about somet
hi md i agree with nobby the bottom two sections look like spanish reed and it will definateley make a fine roach rod all you have to do is use an apropriate main line and hook length and you will be fine these rods were built to be used with a lot of finesse so use and enjoy it
when you are going through hell just keep on going (winston churchill)
- Reedling
- Catfish
- Posts: 5585
- Joined: Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:41 am
- 11
- Location: Kent
Re: Sealey Supreme: eBay find - a little curious about somet
Here is a link to details of my 12 foot Supreme MD, hope it is of some help to you...
viewtopic.php?f=193&t=5864
viewtopic.php?f=193&t=5864
- MaggotDrowner
- Sea Trout
- Posts: 4011
- Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:32 pm
- 11
- Location: Nottinghamshire
Re: Sealey Supreme: eBay find - a little curious about somet
Yes, I read through that thread. Nice rod and fish. Obviously more power in the 12fter from that bit of spliced built cane on the middle section.Reedling wrote:Here is a link to details of my 12 foot Supreme MD, hope it is of some help to you...
viewtopic.php?f=193&t=5864
At the moment I am thinking Allcocks Flick 'Em, with 4lb line, 2lb hook length and grayling on the Wharfe for the Supreme. Perhaps this weekend if we don't have too much rain.Gord wrote:hi md i agree with nobby the bottom two sections look like spanish reed and it will definateley make a fine roach rod all you have to do is use an apropriate main line and hook length and you will be fine these rods were built to be used with a lot of finesse so use and enjoy it
I do wonder if a Floatcaster would handle slightly bigger fish though?
"I'd rather be fishing!"
MD
MD
- Gord
- Crucian Carp
- Posts: 787
- Joined: Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:57 pm
- 11
- Location: Romsey, Hampshire
Re: Sealey Supreme: eBay find - a little curious about somet
sounds good to me i wish you well and a wet net
when you are going through hell just keep on going (winston churchill)
- Reedling
- Catfish
- Posts: 5585
- Joined: Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:41 am
- 11
- Location: Kent
Re: Sealey Supreme: eBay find - a little curious about somet
MD, the middle section of my rod has a spliced in reduced section of whole cane or reed, it is not built cane. So it is only the top section that is built or split cane. Reedling.
- Chevin
- Brown Trout
- Posts: 1269
- Joined: Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:49 pm
- 12
- Location: Waterlooville, Hampshire
Re: Sealey Supreme: eBay find - a little curious about somet
Just read through reedlings link and sean is convinced the supreme is a tonkin version of the match ... Getting confusing now.
"A float tip is pleasing in its appearance and even more pleasing in its disappearance"
H.T. Sheringham
H.T. Sheringham
- MaggotDrowner
- Sea Trout
- Posts: 4011
- Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:32 pm
- 11
- Location: Nottinghamshire
Re: Sealey Supreme: eBay find - a little curious about somet
Reedling wrote:MD, the middle section of my rod has a spliced in reduced section of whole cane or reed, it is not built cane. So it is only the top section that is built or split cane. Reedling.
Oh. I could see that it was reduced, I just assumed it had built cane. I must need more powerful glasses.
"I'd rather be fishing!"
MD
MD
- Marc
- Sea Trout
- Posts: 4011
- Joined: Sun Mar 10, 2013 11:14 am
- 11
- Location: Co Durham, land of the prince bishops
Re: Sealey Supreme: eBay find - a little curious about somet
The amount of nodes is a give away for Spanish reed. I have an Abbey and Holdwell that is of the same configuration and neither is suited to anything other than small to medium fish, I'd say 4lb maximum without doing damage to it.
Nice looking rod MD...
Nice looking rod MD...
Marc. (Prince of Durham)
“A life that partakes even a little of friendship, love, irony, humor, parenthood, literature, and music, and the chance to take part in battles for the liberation of others cannot be called 'meaningless'...”
“A life that partakes even a little of friendship, love, irony, humor, parenthood, literature, and music, and the chance to take part in battles for the liberation of others cannot be called 'meaningless'...”