Plastic rod end caps

[Duckett]

Most of my rods lack end caps and wood/cork ones have always seemed too expensive for my tastes. However, I just picked this little up lot in an auction as a Christmas present to myself. All in great condition - a total of 72 once I had washed, sorted by size and extracted small ones from inside larger ones. 39p each seems very fair! Some of the festive holidays will clearly be spent unbagging rods to fit them!

Phil

[Rod Fisher]

Nice buy. A far more efficient use of resources than my lathe, I've wasted hours on the things.
Would these ferrule stoppers have been associated with a particular brand, or been available as a sundry item do you know?

[Olly]

They came with the rod mostly - some Companies still do it! Even with that 'new black' stuff.

I still like them on cane rods - not bothered about glass and even less about the black stuff!

[Rod Fisher]

They came with the rod mostly - some Companies still do it!

Yeah I mean these plastic ones in particular. I've seen some on cane rods and I was wondering if the rod was identifiable by these stoppers, or if they were supplied to a number of brands, or even available aftermarket.

[Duckett]

Yes, I’ve had this shape on all sorts of cane rods from Allcocks to Marco. I’ve seen black ones on Bruce and Walker glass. The exception is the one shaped like the dome of the Brighton Pavilion which I’ve never seen before (top row, 5th from left), though ABU put something very similar on glass match rods but in black. Edgar Sealey had their own, unique, alloy rod caps that look a bit like the “top hats” from cane poles.

I’ll use as many as I can on my cane and glass rods.

Phil

[Rod Fisher]

Interesting, thanks gents.

[Liphook]

Good find Phil

[Lea Dweller]

Well done Phil, they are really interesting! You are right they were used on rods from a number of different makers and retailers!

[Nobby]

I've an idea Marco made those ferrule plugs. Certainly they supplied them to other rod makers.