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 maruoff |
Vince Cummings rods? |
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Posts: 823 05/26/2008 06:38 |
Last weekend I had the chance to cast a lot of very rare glass rods for the first time.
By far the best for me were the rods by Vince Cummings. I hear that he also made cane rods. Anyone own one or can tell me more about both his glass rods and his cane rods? thank you marcus |
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Posts: 1054 05/26/2008 08:56 |
You may want to post this on the fiberglass board as well since many who frequent that site are very familiar with Vince's career. I don't think he
ever split cane but did some restoration work that I know of . All the rods I have seen were glass or graphite. I owned a 6'8" glass for awhile and
have a friend who owns 2 glass and 2 graphite rods. He also had Vince restore an Orvis for him. His glass rods are quite collectible.
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Posts: 25 05/26/2008 13:01 |
Vince Cummings (1921-1993) was from New York state and made rods out of bamboo, fiberglass, graphite, and boron/graphite. He abandoned split-cane construction
when high density, phenolic fiberglass became available. He is probably best known for his Ultimate and Superlite series of fiberglass rods. The Ultimate
rods were fitted with German silver ferrules and the Superlites had fiberglass spigots. His fiberglass blanks were made by St. Croix to his specifications on
mandrels of his design. Mr. Cummings further refined his blanks by hand-sanding to reduce wall thickness at strategic locations. He was an excellent wrapper
and his finish work was exceptional.
I am familiar with his smaller rods having once owned a Superlite 6'6" 3/4 and Ultimate 6'8" 4/5 and recently cast a Superlite 7' 3/4. All were smooth and delicate. Schwiebert probably describes them best, "The typical Cummings action has a delicate hooking tip that rivals all but the finest bamboo, and the thin-walled butt section flexes dramatically into the cork grip itself, like the best of the Ritz and Garrison and Young parabolics." John |
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Trouter2.thebasspond |
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Posts: 11 05/26/2008 13:35 |
I knew Vince for many years and have owned at various times 8-10 of his rods. He was an expert craftsman when building rods. He built a few cane rods, mostly
fiberglass and graphite rods, his RiverRat is a very sought after glass rod. You can see them occasionally on Jimmy Bresko Coldwwater collectible web page. I
Remember two rods he built for President Eisenhower, I am not sure if they were cane or glass. Paul
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Trouter2.thebasspond |
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Posts: 12 05/26/2008 15:00 |
Geez this topic seeing Vinces name again has sure brought back memories for me. I have in my hand as I pen this post probably one of the last rods he ever
built before he passed on. It is a 7'9 graphite rod (He called it Supergraphite) rated it for a 3 or 4 weight line. Medium to fast action`rod. I`believe it
was built on a Loomis blank. Vinces rods were not cheap, we tried for years to convince him to built some low end rods in the $150-250 range. He did that later
in his life but was not to happy with it. We did alot of Trout fishing upstate NY in Dutchess county. He was quite the gentleman ...Paul
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Posts: 824 05/27/2008 05:46 |
anyone selling a Cummings glass rod...;-)?
I cast the RiverRat last weekend and it sure is an extremely good 7-weight. My favourite though for lighter lines was the Superlite 8ft #4/5. Really a rival for cane. |
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bswild |
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Posts: 304 06/11/2008 15:54 |
The legendary Catskill fisherman and author, Ed Van Put, fished with an single piece, 8'-six-weight fiberglass made by Cummings. He owned three of them. I
think it was the only rod he fished with.
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 solitaryangle |
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Posts: 177 06/25/2008 02:28 |
I have one.....contact me at garycmer@hotmail.com
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Posts: 5888 06/25/2008 12:38 Bulldog1935 |
I have a 7-1/2' WaterWitch (NFS) 6/7-wt., and it makes me giggle every time I fish it.
Amazingly light - limber enough that most graphite fishers would guess its a 2- or 3-wt. Backbone to handle big fish. 
http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/topic/2467 http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/topic/2424
Last Edited By: bulldog1935 06/25/2008 12:46.
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