Please identify my latest purchase
- AverageAngler
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Please identify my latest purchase
Hi
I have just picked up a cheap e-bay job lot. The rod I was mainly interested in has no marking except for on the alloy butt cap/rubber button. The alloy is Stamped "OGDEN SMITHS" then under that "LONDON.S.W". It also has a number 2 stamped on it.
The rod is three piece and approx 12ft long. The butt section is whole cane, the middle section is two pieces of whole cane spliced together, the tip starts as whole cane and has a split cane tip spliced in. The whippings are green.
Looking at it more closely I wonder of the whole cane sections may actually be reed? Does reed have nodes?
Any help great fully received.
Cheers
I have just picked up a cheap e-bay job lot. The rod I was mainly interested in has no marking except for on the alloy butt cap/rubber button. The alloy is Stamped "OGDEN SMITHS" then under that "LONDON.S.W". It also has a number 2 stamped on it.
The rod is three piece and approx 12ft long. The butt section is whole cane, the middle section is two pieces of whole cane spliced together, the tip starts as whole cane and has a split cane tip spliced in. The whippings are green.
Looking at it more closely I wonder of the whole cane sections may actually be reed? Does reed have nodes?
Any help great fully received.
Cheers
- Paul F
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Re: Please identify my latest purchase
Some photo's would help, it does sound like a roach/match road
Re: Please identify my latest purchase
Sounds like cane to me Sir, post a few pictures if possible, and yes reed does have nodes
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Re: Please identify my latest purchase
I will get some photos up asap :-)
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Re: Please identify my latest purchase
Thanks :-)
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Re: Please identify my latest purchase
It does look a nicely proportioned rod and as Paul said, a quality maker.
Wal.
Wal.
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Re: Please identify my latest purchase
For the record/posterity it weighs in (according to my kitchen scales) at 11.8oz. I think this is destined to be a fine roach rod :-)
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Re: Please identify my latest purchase
A 12ft cane rod under 12 ounces is very good. Possibly hollow bored in the larger diameter cane sections.
Wal.
Wal.