Ok...I've been visiting this site for over a year & picked up a lot of good info. Thanks to all for hosting such a great site. I'm not a PC geek
& haven't yet figured out how to post pics, but I'll give a description & hope for the best. This is a Kingfisher 8 1/2 3/1 I got on the
unspoken auction about 2-3 years ago. The cane is medium to dark brown. The butt has a slow (but deffinate) swell, not like my Heddon or Leonards. On the shaft
is writen "Classic X114" in white ink (like my Edwards quads,...going away from the grip.) Kingfisher label w/bird looking left 98% in tact.Wraps
look a soft, light purple(ish) w/ivory whips. There are 3 sig. wraps on the shaft above the decal at 41/2, 61/4 & 73/4 in. above the grip. The purple whips
are on all 3 sections. The butt has one silver looking stripping guide, the mid has only 2 blued snake guides, and only three on the tip. Ring type hook keep,
metal winding ck, & wells style grip. The down locking screw style reel seat looks just like the Redwing, except with a teak/mahogany spacer. The ferrules
are nice quality NS & pinned. The females are straight(no steps) and each set has 3 rings turned into it. To me this looks like a Monty, but, the wraps
are super nice!! The ferrules look like S Bend. All orig. w/only nicks in the varnish. I haven't fished it yet but it flexes like a 5-6 wt. Any info is
welcome. Thanks
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Montague made a lot of the rods sold by Tryon, under the Kingfisher brand. This one sounds like it could be one of them. You can send pictures to me directly (I'll send you a PM with my contact info) and I'll post them for you. . . . Rex TheMontyMan |
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Thanks, however I'm 1st going to have to get a camera. I was hoping it might be IDed by the writing or the X114.
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