Denverod

Re: Denverod

feeds@yuku.com (Me n MeDog) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:22:58 GMT

the rod 905485
is 9'.05" long. built in 1948, may.
production numbers were in the low 4 digit's and were mailed all over the world
my good friend is Don, Ellsworth's son. he worked with his dad on and off from 48 to 52.
DeBell purchased the production equipment after his death.

for more info contact Don at thndrmtn@webtv.net,
i asked Don about the ledger, he had it for years but now its long gone...

Re: Denverod

feeds@yuku.com (bluejayee) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:35:18 GMT

Hi Guys, Barrels of rods? Jay Edwards

Re: Denverod

feeds@yuku.com (greendrake ll) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:38:24 GMT

ASD, Most rodmakers kept ledgers.Ask your Mom if your Grandfather kept a ledger and if she knows what happened to it.If one still exists and can be located maybe questions could be answered that would help historians like the Gnome fill in the blanks on missing rodmakers history.

Re: Denverod

feeds@yuku.com (ASD145) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:44:03 GMT

OK, this is what I know about the Denverod story, specifically who was Johnson. Johnson was Ellsworth E. Johnson of Denver. He was my grandfather. After I saw the posts I called my mother, his daughter and asked her for some info. The W.Colfax address was where he made the rods. My mother remembers going there and working on rods as a girl. She didn't know the name Debell but said she thought her father had a partner.

We have a few rods spread around the family and when...

Re: Denverod

feeds@yuku.com (bobbeegee) — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:29:57 GMT

Gnome wrote:
Sandy mite,

Mine is a 9'er 3/1

The Johnson rod co was only in business for a few years in the early 1950's and did not go back as far as the 40's

Jeff

Gnome,

I based my reply on Sinclair and Spurr's Colorado Classic Cane page 144, as reads, "Among those associated with Fred (DeBell) who tried their hand at building...

Re: Denverod

feeds@yuku.com (Gnome) — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:13:50 GMT

Sandy mite,

Mine is a 9'er 3/1

The Johnson rod co was only in business for a few years in the early 1950's and did not go back as far as the 40's

Jeff

Re: Denverod

feeds@yuku.com (bobbeegee) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:02:49 GMT

Late forties, early fifties?

Re: Denverod

feeds@yuku.com (Jake Leachman) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:00:28 GMT

Oh and anybody have a guess when it could have been made?

Jake

Re: Denverod

feeds@yuku.com (Jake Leachman) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:58:06 GMT

Hey Everyone,

Thanks for the help. I won't be fishing with it anytime soon. I'm assuming the 8104 marked on mine is the serial number? Were the Johnson's advertised for mail-order purposes? My friend never talked of traveling to Colorado and lived in Idaho his entire life, leading me to wonder how it ended up in Idaho.

Jake

Re: Denverod

feeds@yuku.com (Gnome) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:31:38 GMT

Sandy Mite,

Can you explain what the number means? I would like to know.

Jeff

Mark,

The Pikes Peak is definitly a "Big Johnson"

Re: Denverod

feeds@yuku.com (Titelines) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:04:56 GMT

Gnome wrote:
My Denverod, Pikes Peak model rod by Johnson has a 6 figure serial number with it being in the 900,000 range (905485) and I have always wondered about how large the production of the Johnson rod company was.

That rod is pictured on page #284 of my book Rod Crafting

Cheers

Jeff

Sheesh. With that big a serial number, I guess...

Re: Denverod

feeds@yuku.com (Gnome) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:01:49 GMT

My Denverod, Pikes Peak model rod by Johnson has a 6 figure serial number with it being in the 900,000 range (905485) and I have always wondered about how large the production of the Johnson rod company was.

That rod is pictured on page #284 of my book Rod Crafting

Cheers

Jeff

P.S. nice old stick and almost too clean to fish

Re: Denverod

feeds@yuku.com (tiethefly) — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:48:07 GMT

I agree... full decal and a fine example of Colorado cane.

Re: Denverod

feeds@yuku.com (bobbeegee) — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:55:07 GMT

I think your rod was built by George Johnson, an associate of Fred Debell of Denver. The address you quote was his.
I wouldn't think Mr. Johnson built too many rods on his own, and would probably be classified as an amateur builder.
Or, this rod could be a trade rod built by Montague. The Kingfisher was a trade name used for rods they supplied to the E.K. Tryon Co.
I really don't know, but I would suspect it would have been built by Mr. Johnson or Montague.

As...

Denverod

feeds@yuku.com (Jake Leachman) — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:23:21 GMT

Hello!

A long time friend left me this Johnson Rod Company "Denverod". He was very proud of it, and to my knowledge it was used only once. I would like to know if it is something worth using on occasion, or listing on my home insurance policy. Here are the details: The rod is 3 piece 9' in length with a second matching tip, it has no visible dings (adding credit to the only used once story), 8 eyelits some with as much as 7 different wrapping color wrappings per...