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nightfighter 05-17-2006 04:23 PM

Copper rod?
 
A friend, whose father just passed away, asked me to look at a rod his father bought for himself when he was just 16 years old. There are no markings or stamps, but is made of barillium copper...........
Any of you historians familiar with this?

BigBo 05-17-2006 08:50 PM

Bet it's fun in a thunder storm:rotf3:

justplugit 05-17-2006 09:14 PM

Back in the 40s i had a steel fresh water rod. Don't know if they made them in copper at that time, but i remember savin up for it and bought it for $1.25. :hihi:

BigBo 05-17-2006 09:32 PM

Yeah, I've got a couple of them steel rods too. Hex shaped. I think mine were made by Heddon if I'm not mistaken.

mikecc 05-18-2006 05:40 AM

I got a few of them.
I got a stretched copper rod by Penn Rod Co. still in the package NBF. Amazing how they made them . It would cost a few $$ today to do it like that. I also have a few telescopic rods.

Saltheart 05-18-2006 07:54 AM

I have an old aluminum fly rod from about 1967. I was always amazed that it didn't just kink and break.


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