The holy grail of rods!!

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Barbelbonce wrote: Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:47 am .............or even provenance...........?
Me also.
AAAAggggh

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Popcorn, anyone? :Chuckle:

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I'm off there on holiday soon.

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“Ni”
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Yes I'm blaming it on the prescriptive text....

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It's now been over 48 hours and we haven't got any pictures......

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Apologies for my bit of Monty Python fun earlier in the thread; genuinely interested in knowing what sits behind this story.
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Given the reverence accorded to Dick Walker by some to the extent that you would almost think he could walk on water, an item of tackle fashioned by his father and called 'The Holy Grail' would surely qualify as being the 'God Rod'.......😱

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Wot, no pics of Dicks dads rod?
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Personally I think this is a wind up.
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