Olly wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 11:18 pm
What it slightly surprising is the middle joint has a glass/glass splice - not many early metalled ferruled glass rods had that - if I remember correctly?
I have an early fibreglass Edgar Sealey ESS Match rod (12 feet) with metal ferrules and two glass:glass splices - one in the tip section and another in the middle section. I love early Edgar Sealey glass but it was the splices that caught my eye!
Phil
You are right Phil, some months ago I posted pictures of a rod like this, (with two splices) It subsequently sold to a Sealey enthusiast!
There are 2 of us? I call it a sort of madness but I’ll happily settle for enthusiast Ted!
I suppose that if I’m going to have a specific enthusiasm in this lark, they don’t come much cheaper than early Edgar Sealey glass! The ‘pins and fixed spools to match them are a different matter!
Cheers,
Phil
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Lea Dweller wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 11:02 pm
Olly is right several companies did fibreglass/cane combinations, but apart from the 'Angalloy' combination rod, I was not aware of any others from Chapman's of Ware?
Ted the Angalloy wasn't a fibreglass/cane combination rod, it was an Alloy butt / mid sections with either a fibreglass or Split cane tip.
I had one of those as a lad, but I had it in my head for some reason that it was a Milbro rod... the Alloy was a gold colour and the middle and tip sections were yellow fibreglass...
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Lea Dweller wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 11:02 pm
Olly is right several companies did fibreglass/cane combinations, but apart from the 'Angalloy' combination rod, I was not aware of any others from Chapman's of Ware?
Ted the Angalloy wasn't a fibreglass/cane combination rod, it was an Alloy butt / mid sections with either a fibreglass or Split cane tip.
I had one of those as a lad, but I had it in my head for some reason that it was a Milbro rod... the Alloy was a gold colour and the middle and tip sections were yellow fibreglass...
Aitch... with the Chapman all the sections are Alloy apart from the tip which is in 2 pieces lower alloy and either a split cane or fibreglass final section. theres 4 sections in total. So yours might have been a Milbro or some other make.
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