lost PHY rod

Re: lost PHY rod

feeds@yuku.com (Dewardian) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:44:33 GMT

This is a little bit of a shot in the dark.
There was a PHY rod sold on e-bay 2 years? or so ago. The name on the rod was Barnes? but the description had it as something else, Barness or something similiar.

Peter

Re: lost PHY rod

feeds@yuku.com (macbarn) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:50:52 GMT

My fathers rod has 3 tips.Thanks for all your help.All the rod builders i have met or interacted with have all been like you,kind considerat and helpful,thanks M.B.

Re: lost PHY rod

feeds@yuku.com (quashnet) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:44:29 GMT

The 7'6" rod with 12/64 ferrule and 3/64 tiptop would have been a very lightweight rod intended for tiny flies, and at least to a certain extent a custom order, so probably was Deluxe grade (assembled to order). The lightest cataloged 7'6" PHY blank in the late 1940's - 1950 that I have found has a 4/64 tiptop. The late 1940's-early 1950's was a time period when I believe that Paul H. Young was at the height of his creativity and trying all sorts of new ideas....

Re: lost PHY rod

feeds@yuku.com (macbarn) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:36:23 GMT

the rod that was lost was a7ft 6in rod the tip i syill have is marked 12/64 fer 3/64 tip.This rod was made fo my mother.The rod i still have is marked H.Y.BarnesToledo Mar 29 50 8'3 3/4 oz 14/64 fer 4 1/2/64 tip top Paul H Young Detroit maker. I started making bb rods 10 years ago after a trip to Mt.After 4 days of fishing with plastic my sholder would not work,went to bb and fished the rest of the week with no pain.Never looked back .thanks for all the help M.B. P.S. No relation to Go.

Re: lost PHY rod

feeds@yuku.com (rlnunleycom) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:44:57 GMT

That's strange... about 10 or 15 years ago, I had a rod come through the shop, a PHY Parabolic 15, that was made for a "Georgia Barnes" in 1949. It had a bit smaller handle on it than any other 15 I had seen. I sold that rod to a broker for the customer that owned it.

The rod did say where "Georgia Barnes" was from, but I just can't remember. Been a long time. I was just curious if there might be a connection between Georgia Barnes and H.Y. Barnes?

Re: lost PHY rod

feeds@yuku.com (quashnet) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:44:10 GMT

Welcome to the Forum. If I lost a PHY rod I know I'd still be thinking about it 30 years later. I do not have that rod listed on the PHY Rod Database (see link below if you haven't been there yet). Give me as much information as you can remember (model, length, whether one or both tips were with it when lost) and I'll add it to the database. There are a few PHY rods somewhere out there that are known to have been lost on fishing trips, most notably the first "Bobby...

lost PHY rod

feeds@yuku.com (macbarn) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:35:24 GMT

First,wonderful site,Would love to know if anyone has seen it,made for H.Y.Barnes,1950 Toledo Ohio.Lost about 30 yeays ago ,left on top of truck,on the Brueal river MN.Thanks for any help,MB