Greg Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 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 "My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it" - Koos Brandt Greg Mitchell
Danoinark Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 The Cortland 444 classic peach is also another good choice for glass rods. I use them on most of the fiberglass I have. Dano Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
TroutBum4wt Posted November 25, 2008 Author Posted November 25, 2008 I hope this photo thing works. "Where There Are Trout, There's Hope" - John Gierach
TroutBum4wt Posted November 25, 2008 Author Posted November 25, 2008 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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