Sealey Cutdown
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 2:57 pm
Winging its way to the UK from far flung New Zealand is a two piece Edgar Sealey nine foot - or was nine foot - spinning rod. It was severely water damaged and in a bad way. I found it in nearby Petone, gracing a secondhand shops stock. I offered half of the asking price of 40 NZ Dollars and bought it. The knackered bits were cut away, a new ferrule sourced from an ebay supplier, nice whipping thread and rings from Steves Fishing in Guznee Street in Wellington. Covid then hit and my wife and I were locked down, fortunately in a family 'bubble' with our NZ Grandchildren. We were repatriated two months later and could not return until recently.
The lockdown gave me plenty of time to ensure the remains were sound, scrape the cane to get a really good fit on the ferrules and whip the rings and give it three thin coats of good varnish. We arrived back in Wellington on January 4th this year. Once over jet lag I checked out my NZ Cane Rod. Wow! Better than I remembered. Now shorter with 16 inches off of the top joint and six off of the bottom, it will make a cracking rod for large Chub in my local small river, the Ock. With a small fixed spool reel it chucks a 3/4 ounce bomb accurately, essential in the overgrown bankside vegitation and snaggy bottom. I could land the bomb in a household bucket eight times out of ten from twenty paces.
Really looking forward to putting a bend in it!
The lockdown gave me plenty of time to ensure the remains were sound, scrape the cane to get a really good fit on the ferrules and whip the rings and give it three thin coats of good varnish. We arrived back in Wellington on January 4th this year. Once over jet lag I checked out my NZ Cane Rod. Wow! Better than I remembered. Now shorter with 16 inches off of the top joint and six off of the bottom, it will make a cracking rod for large Chub in my local small river, the Ock. With a small fixed spool reel it chucks a 3/4 ounce bomb accurately, essential in the overgrown bankside vegitation and snaggy bottom. I could land the bomb in a household bucket eight times out of ten from twenty paces.
Really looking forward to putting a bend in it!