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Paul H. Young "Ted Williams" Model

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Posts: 2345 12/31/2008 22:04 Moderatus Muscae	Tags : None In 1951, Paul H. Young must have spent a lot of time thinking about Ted Williams. In July 1951, Young built an Experimental Distance Rod that he hoped Ted Williams would be able to use in casting competitions: thanks to Bob Summers, I was able to show it to Forum members here. Earlier, in March 1951, Young built one of several rods intended to eventually become a cataloged "Ted Williams" model. However, as John Feldenzer noted in his article "Of Baseball and Bamboo: Bobby Doerr, Ted Williams, and the Paul H. Young Rod Company," The American Fly Fisher, Vol. 31, No. 5 (Fall 2005), Ted Williams had his own plans for using his name to sell fishing tackle, and so Williams personally asked Young not to name a rod model after him. Bob Summers estimates that about six "Ted Williams" rods were built before the project was halted. Thanks to Bob Summers, I was able to examine this example last October: Paul H. Young Co. "Ted Williams" fly rod, 9'0", 6.18 oz. Varnished cane, black screwlock cork seat, Detroit stamp on reel seat just forward of permanent 2-inch extension butt. Lettered on four flats; First flat: .375 - .281 - .103 Second flat: Paul H. Young - Detroit Mar. 1951 Third flat: Ted Williams Model - 9' - 6.18 oz. Bamboo wt. 4.46 oz. Fourth flat: GAF line Wishing you tight lines in the New Year.... Quashnet Quashnet's Paul H. Young Rod Database has photos and descriptions of 410 PHY Co. rods, plus catalogs, accessories, etc. Thank you to all who continue to send me PHY rod photos and info.
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Posts: 111 01/01/2009 11:45	Rob: Thanks for another wonderfully informative posting. I've often wondered what cane the "Splendid Splinter" may have fished with? Most photos of him show a glass flyrod in hand, and being the power caster that he was, I wonder what his rod(s) of choice may have been? I can remember as a kid seeing him doing casting demos at the sportsmens shows at the old Mechanics Hall in Boston, but I believe that he was endorsing Sears Roebuck tackle by then. Anyone know if Ted had a go-to boo rod? Rick
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Posts: 2347 01/01/2009 14:06 Moderatus Muscae	"Williams studied and discussed rod tapers with Paul Young and ordered custom bamboo rods to fish for tarpon, snook, and bonefish in Florida. Young made several custom rods for Williams with Ted's name on them." - John Feldenzer, "Of Baseball and Bamboo: Bobby Doerr, Ted Williams, and the Paul H. Young Rod Company." The article shows a personal rod of Williams'. It is a single-tip 9'3" Para 18, 6-1/8 oz. marked Ted Williams May 1950. The circa 1951 PHY catalog shows photos of Williams with a fly rod that may be this same Para 18, as well as a Paul Young Oregon Egg baitcasting rod. Paul H. Young rods made for or associated with Ted Williams are in the collections of the Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame in Hernando, FL, and the American Museum of Fly Fishing in Manchester, VT. Quashnet's Paul H. Young Rod Database has photos and descriptions of 410 PHY Co. rods, plus catalogs, accessories, etc. Thank you to all who continue to send me PHY rod photos and info.
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Posts: 1167 01/09/2009 00:43	Bob, Fantastic stuff, as always. Here is my only personal "connection" to the Splendid Splinter-- in 1944, my father, then 17, signed a minor-league contract with the Red Sox. He was assigned to the Middletown (Ohio) Red Sox, a Class D team that, the story goes, used hand-me-down uniforms from the Minneapolos Millers, another Red Sox farm team. Dad was told that the uniform he was wearing had been worn by Ted Williams when he was with the Millers a few years before. One of those stories too good to check out. Keep digging, Bob. Lon
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Posts: 73 01/11/2009 17:13	Ted signed a contract endorsing JC Higgins sporting goods for I believe at that time $100K/year, big money at that time. Sears supplied Ted with everything he wanted in gear. Ted kept a guide in Florida under personal contract with him and i think one at his place in Canada. He was very serious about his fishing.-Dick
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