Whats the most unique rod you ever seen,if you have pics that would be awsome.Bill Finks tri strip rods are pretty unique as is anything from the Gnomes cave.
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Posts: 556 03/02/2009 20:20 |
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Posts: 309 03/02/2009 21:11 |
For me it is a rod that is perhaps not that exotic to some of you, but it sure is to me ...
... a Tom Maxwell, Leonard HUNT, 49-5 "Signature Special" with full intermediates .... really spectacular looking,  to me.
Designed by Tom Maxwell and the original owner, working together in a "collaborative effort" . |
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Posts: 127 03/02/2009 22:57 |
I've led a sheltered life so this rod, which I consider the "most unique," might not seem that way to you. It's an original Dickerson 10 1/2
ft. salmon rod with an extension butt, agate stripper, and full intermediate wraps. The flawless cane is a rich, glowing brown. This 3-piece, 2-tip rod is
marked as "1062114." It's the only Dickerson with intermediates, as far as I know. IMHO a truly magnificent piece of cane and light in hand.
Based on the Dickerson ledgers and documents, it might actually be unique. Bought it several years ago. In the Stein and Schaaf book, there was a reference to
a Dickerson 10 1/2 footer priced at five bucks as part of a personal rod collection liquidated in the 1970s. (In that same collection, the most expensive rods
were several 8014's and 8013's priced at 100 bucks.) Not sure if my salmon rod is one and same with that one, but there's a good chance it is. It
had languished in a rod dealers' inventory for over a year, and I got what I think was a good deal, though I paid more than five bucks. It's not
everyone's cup of tea, but it's a beautiful and unique two-handed caster. I'll try to post pictures.
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Posts: 1942 03/02/2009 23:08 King of the Gnomes |
In response to Karl; here is the butt section of an anonymous late 1800's early 1900's 4 strip mortised hollw/truss built 10' 2/1 the tip is solid
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firehole |
Rare & Unusual Mike Montagne Quad | #4 | ||
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Posts: 3731 03/03/2009 01:03 Local user |
Mike Montagne built unusual quads during the 70's to the late 80's. His rod are known to be fast(most) with unusual bamboo reel seats. His construction
of of his quads are unique in that they are rectangular and his male ferrules are hollow. Schweibert in Trout 2 devoted a few pages to this futuristic builder
and showered him with accolades for his ideas and powerful steelhead/salmon rod which Schweibert owned til his death. My rod pictured below is a hollowbuilt
7'6" 2/2 2 3/4oz. although marked for a 4wt. will also throw a 5/6wt. and empty your reel of line. Univ. Cal Berkely tested his glue lines against a
Stradavarius which had what was believed to be tightest known glue lines and found Mike's even tighter.
Dennis 
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Posts: 128 03/03/2009 13:14 |
Here's the 10 1/2 ft. Dickerson salmon rod (on the right) mentioned above, side-to-side with a 9 ft. Granger 9050 (left) for comparison. Bob Summers
restored the cork grip, extension and varnish. All wraps and hardware are original. The intermediates are transparent and probably function to slow down the
rod's action, not decorate it. Casts beautifully with two hands. Fishing with this rod is also a unique experience.
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Posts: 611 03/03/2009 13:51 |
firehole wrote: I have cast this rod with Dennis in West Yellowstone. It is indeed unique, and it is a rocket. 
"You know how much I love a nice rack!" |
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Posts: 662 03/03/2009 16:30 |
Mike Montagne's rods are also some of the most unusual I've seen. There was another guy in the '70's named Ed Sisty from CO who also built flat
rectangular rods (but maybe out of some other material) similar in cross section to an archery bow. Never saw one except in ads, but they looked similar to
Montagnes, only flatter yet. They weren't around long and obviously never caught on. Wonder how one compares the strength of glue seams to a Stradivarius.
Can't see them pulling on the wood of a Strad. to see how much force it takes to break! Mike's rods were indeed casting cannons, but there was a lot of
questionable mumbo jumbo said and written about them at the time.
Another unusual and current rod is Wayne Maca's ultra-hollow rods using techniques from snowboard building. They look fairly normal but are completely hollow end-to-end and glued together and supported by some high-tech epoxy. Most are fast action and cast like cannons - in that respect much like Montagnes.
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Posts: 1899 03/03/2009 20:57 Orvis Database Founder |
RPL wrote:The rods are very nice, but the stone is amazing. What is it? Thanks, Greg |
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Posts: 129 03/03/2009 21:35 |
Thanks. I guess all stones are unique. Wish I could say that it's agate, with no chips or cracks, but I believe it's a type of granite, which we use as
a table in the kitchen. Also handy for photographing tackle!
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Posts: 510 04/29/2009 22:59 |
Most unusual rod I have is a black South Bend # 66, 8.5 ft fly rod.
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