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Milwards Floatcraft

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Good morning fellow friends,does the 10-5ft floatcraft have a spliced middle joint of whole cane and split cane,I’ve seen one for sale that is straight through whole cane is this a true rod or a repair.Reelmaker.

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Re: Milwards Floatcraft

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Hi Terrence, I think the longer rods of 12 and 14 feet are spliced whole cane in the middle sections but the 10ft 6in rod will probably be a one piece whole cane middle section.

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There is a photo and description of a 12ft. version of the Floatcraft on the inthenet website ... shown and described to have a centre section with a "spliced split cane in tonkin mid."

http://www.inthenetuk.com/pages/Vintage ... lwards.asp
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AshbyCut wrote: Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:42 pm There is a photo and description of a 12ft. version of the Floatcraft on the inthenet website ... shown and described to have a centre section with a "spliced split cane in tonkin mid."

http://www.inthenetuk.com/pages/Vintage ... lwards.asp
Similar to the Swimversa, some rods had middle sections which had built cane spliced in and some had a smaller diameter whole cane section spliced in. Not certain why but it could be a way of determining an early rod from a later version.

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Re: Milwards Floatcraft

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Hi,
See viewtopic.php?f=28&t=31411
for pics

Dok

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Yes the photo shows a split cane splice Reelmaker

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Look at Milwards Catalogues on this site:- https://splitcaneinfo.com/?page_id=653

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Thanks for the milwards catalogue,brings back memories,Reelmaker

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ReelMaker wrote: Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:53 am Good morning fellow friends,does the 10-5ft floatcraft have a spliced middle joint of whole cane and split cane,I’ve seen one for sale that is straight through whole cane is this a true rod or a repair.Reelmaker.

Reelmaker ... Just bought a 10ft 7in. Floatcraft and it has a Spliced mid section of whole cane and split cane.
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Re: Milwards Floatcraft

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My 12 ft Floatcraft is whole cane butt, whole cane spliced to split cane middle and split cane tip. I'll have a look in my Milwards catalogues tomorrow and see what they say about the 10 1/2ft version.
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