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Chuck
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Chuck
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chuck441) http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/sreply/135611 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:25:03 GMT http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/reply/135541/t/Paul-Hightower-.html#reply-135541
I forgot to address your original question in my above post. My 7 1/2-foot "Hightower" is definitely not on the Granger 7633 taper. I'm guessing since Phillipson didn't make a 3/2 7 1/2-foot rod, to my knowledge, the blank for my rod is a slightly shortened Granger 8040 or Phillipson 8-foot 3/2.

The fact that my rod doesn't have a swelled butt would seem to substantiate that theory. My rod also throws a DT-5 or WF-6. I hope this... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Flyman615) http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/sreply/135541 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:58:18 GMT http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/reply/135480/t/Paul-Hightower-.html#reply-135480
Dennis ]]> feeds@yuku.com (firehole) http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/sreply/135480 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:29:01 GMT http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/reply/135467/t/Paul-Hightower-.html#reply-135467
In a recent Lang's auction I noticed a Hightower rod made for John Gierach. My aforementioned rod is still in service...as shown below.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (afgantrout) http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/sreply/135467 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:03:19 GMT http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/reply/135461/t/Paul-Hightower-.html#reply-135461
Paul Hightower was for many years the chief machinist for Phillipson rods, designing reel seats and other hardware.
Garnered this information from "Colorado Classic Cane" by Dick Spurr and Michael Sinclair.

In his later years after the demise of the Phillipson Rod Company, he established the Pioneer Rod Company with Betty Malara, also a former Phillipson employee, in Denver. They produced... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (bobbeegee) http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/sreply/135461 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:44:12 GMT http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/reply/135456/t/Paul-Hightower-.html#reply-135456
I have a finished rod which, though unmarked, has been attributed to Paul Hightower during his tenure at Bob's Tackle Shop.

My varnished rod is also a 7 1/2-foot, 3/2, and looks to me to have been assembled from Granger or Phillipson blanks. The sections are of uniform color; the wraps are very well done and it lacks a swelled butt. The most unique feature is the "Granger-patented" uplock reel seat that sports a very attractive modification--a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Flyman615) http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/sreply/135456 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:17:39 GMT http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/topic/23872/t/Paul-Hightower-.html feeds@yuku.com (Chuck441) http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/topic/23872 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:38:49 GMT