I have a 7'6", 3/2 Robert W. Fridge rod. On one flat is written "R. Fridge-Maker" and on the next flat is written "761611-003".
Does anyone konw anything about the rod or Robert Fridge?
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Posts: 147 10/10/2008 06:59 |
Robert Fridge is a friend of mine whom I have lost contact with. last I know he moved to Texas. Robert was living in Boulder, CO a number of year back (1995
ish) prior to his move to Texas. He took a rod building class from Wayne Cattanach and I helped him along some while he was in Boulder in appreciation he gave
me a 7'6"/2 for a 5 wt, which is a real nice rod. Robert used to build a very nice rod and I hope he is still doing so. I would also like to add that
if he or anyone else who knows where he is reads this, please let me know of his contact information.
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Posts: 241 10/10/2008 20:45 |
vetfly, Since nobody has mentioned it, I could venture a guess at the rod numbers. Sounds like it is a copy of a Dickerson taper - "76" being
7'6" and "16 and 11" being the ferrule sizes (in 64th of an inch), and "-003" indicating that he used the standard taper
subtraction of .003" to drop the rod down one line wt. from the orignial taper. Maybe you're a Dickerson fan and that seemed obvious to you, but just
in case, thought I'd throw that out there.
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Posts: 3 10/11/2008 10:34 |
Thanks for the information. Vetfly
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Posts: 151 10/16/2008 10:29 |
Did you buy or sell this rod?
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