Dating old bamboo fly rods

Please enjoy browsing our bamboo rods for sale from classic makers such as Paul H.Young, Thomas and Thomas, Lyle Dickerson, EF Payne, HL Leonard Rod Co, Goodwin Granger, and many others.Today, appreciated as folk art, handmade fishing tackle dating from about 1830 to 1945 is a growing collector's item.Many of the craftsmen who produced the reels and lures made only a few hundred items a year for sale in sporting stores or by special order._Hardy put a code on their rods to indicate when it was built. You can look it up here (thanks to Andrew Herd) ...

Mix and match ferrules South Bend and unknown sizes 11 and 17. Aluminum down-locking reel seat, may be Phillipson. Black and white silk thread wraps with gold tipping. Line weight 9, weighing 6.2 oz on our digital scale. Up-locking black anodized hardware over burled maple insert with removable butt plug. The gold plated snake guides are wrapped and finished as transparent in order to show the guide feet, ferrule serrations, and cane. All splices of this rod are from the same culm of bamboo. We can either give you a cash offer or sell them for you via our consignment program."Fly fishing is my Quisisana (the name is Italian for "place where one heals one's self.") "........ It first appeared on a website owned, and run, by Mr Dick Spurr who kept it going for many years until he retired in November 2001, sadly Dick passed after a several year battle with a serious illness on March 25 2004, his presence is sorely missed.