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Vintage Fiberglass Fly Rod Information Needed


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With the guides being small like that (as you say probably designed for a silk line) - a modern fly line may or may not flow smoothly through them. If not you could either replace the guides or Cortland makes a synthetic silk line with a smaller diameter that would probably work well.

Greg

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I hope this photo thing works.

"Where There Are Trout, There's Hope" - John Gierach

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This gentleman from the fiberglass fly rodders forum posted this comment tonight about the rod. He was very helpful.

"Yes, that is definitely a Phillipson made rod. That reelseat is a telltale sign, as are the ferrules. The blank looks kinda like an Eponite blank to me. That would suggest it was made in the later 50s.

From what I understand, the glass Phillipson rods were always wrapped with nylon thread. The LL Bean models were wrapped with black.

Tom"

He also said it probably took a 7wt line.

"Where There Are Trout, There's Hope" - John Gierach

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