The sealey range...
- SeanM
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Re: The sealey range...
The Match Rod was indeed Spanish reed. I have an 11ft model. I'm just finishing a Supreme which is whole cane butt, whole cane/split cane middle and a twin taper split cane tip. Quite a powerful rod and reasonably light for a 12 footer.
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- Wet Feet Pete
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Re: The sealey range...
True, but it was only a "general" description. Bruce & Walker stopped Daiwa using "hexagraph" hence my dodgy thinking. Thank you maggotdrowner, this Floatcaster may be the rod, now I will have to buy one and see. Or maybe a Match? Thank you seanM, any chance of a picture of a Match 11ft?Nobby wrote:There was a Match Rod later on...might be Spanish reed though...???
I don't think Hardy would be able to claim the word General as 'theirs' though. Apart from the obscurely origined military title it's a word in.....well...general use
Then of course change the name on it myself (where is my John Bull kit). I will put my bank details and pin number on here and sit by the door waiting for the postie.
May be cheaper to buy a Wilson Avon................
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By the way WetFeetPete that picture of the General shows that it is almost certainly Spanish reed. I suspect that it was renamed as the Match Rod. I'll see if I can dig out a picture of mine.
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Re: The sealey range...
SeanM wrote:By the way WetFeetPete that picture of the General shows that it is almost certainly Spanish reed. I suspect that it was renamed as the Match Rod. I'll see if I can dig out a picture of mine.
Thank you for that. It would be good to know what to look for now. I found the Hardy General advert stated "for floatfishing, legering & spinning", cannot be more 'general' than that. I still think Sealey must have changed the name, if only in courtesy. Did they buy materials from Hardy back then? and were keeping a clean wicket.