Why are there so many old Grangers on the market with plastic still on the grip... are there really that many of them?? I never see any other vintage rods with
the handle still in plastic....
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Posts: 129 06/30/2009 10:35 |
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Posts: 200 06/30/2009 11:32 |
I think it is a question of volume there were a lot of Grangers made and I think as lots of little stores went out in the last 60 years a fair number made it
into closets and turn up when aunt Freida passes away. (Thats roughly how all the ones I have found came about) I tend to gently remove the plastic and fish
them but that's just me. There are Jim Paynes, Gary Howell's, and a number of others now for sale in similar condition. There are more of them
around than you'd think. Some of the makers used tissue paper instead of plastic which don't seem to survive as well. I have seen lots of heddons
and Montagues that were in virgin condition as well............. I will point out that on thursday there was an idiot fishing on the local river with a
plastic rod and the grip still in the plastic looked like it was nice and wet under it so I am sure some of the plastic covers are not indicative of unused
condition.
Life is too short for cheap scotch and plastic rods.
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Posts: 1643 06/30/2009 13:28 |
Marty wrote: Donch'a just love it when you run into the 10%ers... Oh well. Jeremy.....who'd love to run into a 7633 still in .. "plastique". 
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Posts: 783 07/01/2009 00:22 |
whos going to be the idiot when resale time comes and he palms it off as new
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Posts: 52 07/01/2009 04:33 |
I took my Victory 7030 to grayling country last week and probably would have removed the plastic and fished it, but it was pretty windy and those fish were a
bit bigger and heavier than i remembered. So instead I took out a longer and heavier Granger Champion and fished it.
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Posts: 3302 07/02/2009 11:23 |
Not only were a lot of Grangers made, but they were also widely distributed through a large network of dealers. And given the fact that Granger rods were also
a good value, many, I believe, were likely given as gifts and good will gestures to "non-fishermen". Thus, as has been pointed out, many probably
ended up in a closet or attic for safe keeping, only to surface years later in "unfished" condition with the plastic grip wrapper intact.
That said, I've been collecting Grangers for over 30 years and the aforementioned mint condition rods really don't come up all that often. The recent spate of a few examples is really an anomaly, IMHO. Best regards,
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Posts: 735 07/05/2009 10:37 |
Flyman615 wrote:What he said. X2 And they're W&M rods - don't think I've ever seen a Granger with plastic. Come to think of it, I don't think GG used a handle wrap unless it was tissue. Can any one prove me wrong? Please? |
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