Re: 8'4" 4/5wt Eustis Edwards A&F Touradif w/ Pics

feeds@yuku.com (NorthBranch) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:40:46 GMT

Hey Paul,
Yup...one more. I actually bought this rod the day prior to you and I heading to the Pan. If I hear of any Hawes I'll be sure to let you know...not many of them floating around! I would bet the PMD's are already going strong on the Pan...and probably the first of the Green Drakes. A great time to be in that area as both the Pan and Fork get sweet hatches of each. Even the Crystal gets in on the action and thats one beautiful river.

Re: 8'4" 4/5wt Eustis Edwards A&F Touradif w/ Pics

feeds@yuku.com (canesterdf) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:34:13 GMT

You managed to hunt up another classic Eustis rod again! I just love the wraps on that rod. I am still looking for a another Hawes. Best,Paul
PS I hear soon is the time to be into the PMD's on the Pan. Is that true?

Re: 8'4" 4/5wt Eustis Edwards A&F Touradif w/ Pics

feeds@yuku.com (NorthBranch) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:10:43 GMT

Thanks Patrick. As you know, I'm on the hunt for an Icely, but no luck yet. Real beautiful rods as your book shows. I really like this rod alot. I think EW really did something special with the A&I's and A&F's. Seems he decked them out a little and tried different wrap configurations and colors. You've seen that Triton I have and I have yet to see an Edwards with those signature wraps. Also, seems he liked adding the full tip wraps on some of the A&I and...

Re: 8'4" 4/5wt Eustis Edwards A&F Touradif w/ Pics

feeds@yuku.com (pcg) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:45:07 GMT

When I first just glanced at your photos, CR, w/o digging into the description, I thought you'd found another Icely. The wraps are so similar... Gold, narrow intermediates... the same ferrules... same agate guide... the Icely tiptops are both red agates, but are also tiny, tiny. The Icely dates at about 1925, so that's a likely date for your Touradif. Extraordinary.

Re: 8'4" 4/5wt Eustis Edwards A&F Touradif w/ Pics

feeds@yuku.com (freestoner) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:17:17 GMT

I fully endorse tip wraps from tip-top down to the tip guide for user rods. Especially on Granger 8642s- which are legendary tapers, but which seem to have more 1"-4" short tips than any other rod model I've ever seen. I'm sure a silk thread overwrap- or even double overwrap- would make a positive difference. For that matter, a lot of classic light-line taper 8 1/2' rods seem to have problems with missing that last 2"-4".

That's a great deal on...

Re: 8'4" 4/5wt Eustis Edwards A&F Touradif w/ Pics

feeds@yuku.com (HERMES2069) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:12:52 GMT

They moon walked on most of the tips of that era.
P

Re: 8'4" 4/5wt Eustis Edwards A&F Touradif w/ Pics

feeds@yuku.com (hopkintoncane) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:01:18 GMT

Thanks for the pics CR, I often wonder why more manufacturers didn't do these tip wraps. Seems like it would go a long way to prevent the broken tips we see on many of the rods from the era, especially the fine tipped tapers.

Re: 8'4" 4/5wt Eustis Edwards A&F Touradif w/ Pics

feeds@yuku.com (NorthBranch) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:04:33 GMT

Hey Todd,
See below. This is a 7' A&I EW Edwards "DeLuxe. I didn't take this pic so it doesn't show the full length of the wraps, but it goes to the last guide. Let me know if you want me to take a pic of this and post. The other rod with the full tip wraps was actually a high qaulity Gene Edwards AKF "Sprite" and not an EW...my bad. I think in Patricks book there is a pic of a 7' Brewer A&F with the full tip wraps and the same color wraps as...

Re: 8'4" 4/5wt Eustis Edwards A&F Touradif w/ Pics

feeds@yuku.com (recane1) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:02:41 GMT

Great score. I always look at the yabe ads with not enough info and poor pics. I have come out smelling like a rose a few times, but more than once came out smelling like excrement. Once I got a great heddon #8 for $65.00. And once I paid $250.00 for a 7 1/2, 2/1 Sewell Dunton that looked like a 3 year old tried to repair the broken tip section. Win some, loose some, just like fishing.

Aaron

Re: 8'4" 4/5wt Eustis Edwards A&F Touradif w/ Pics

feeds@yuku.com (hopkintoncane) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:53:17 GMT

CR, could you provide pics of the other examples of this tip wrapping you've described? thanks, Todd

Re: 8'4" 4/5wt Eustis Edwards A&F Touradif w/ Pics

feeds@yuku.com (cwfly) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:45:35 GMT

NorthBranch
Your keen eye very successfully overcame the description. A very nice rod to add to your growing group.

Re: 8'4" 4/5wt Eustis Edwards A&F Touradif w/ Pics

feeds@yuku.com (NorthBranch) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:28:54 GMT

No sure what they mic out at... no mic on my end. Very fine tips though....has me a little nervous for whenever I am fighting my next 8lb bow on a size 28 fly! Kidding.

Re: 8'4" 4/5wt Eustis Edwards A&F Touradif w/ Pics

feeds@yuku.com (Soft Hackle) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:23:28 GMT

Congratulations on an amazing find. I wonder what the reason was for such an odd configuration, what do the tips mic out at?

8'4" 4/5wt Eustis Edwards A&F Touradif w/ Pics

feeds@yuku.com (NorthBranch) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:18:54 GMT

Here's a new one I've recently acquired. It was an Ebay buy that due to a poor description went unnoticed. The rod was listed as having two tips that were 2", making it an 8'4" rod. It was also listed as a Leonard. Anyway, when I got the rod, I was shocked at the quality. It was basically in great shape other than two replaced guides, a few nicks in the cork, a loose reel seat and the agate fallen off one of the tips. However, what suprised me most was the tips...