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Are bait casters OK?
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Are bait casters OK? |
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Posts: 18 04/25/2009 11:41 |
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Posts: 294 04/28/2009 16:06 |
Looks more like it was owned by a dog, LOL. I love baitcasters. I don't know what that rod is but it lools like it could be restored to very nice
condition.
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Posts: 402 04/28/2009 16:30 |
The mouse looks like he/she thought it was a good one! That reelseat looks like the early locking sliding ring Montague patent, is there an arrow on it? Todd
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Posts: 21 04/29/2009 05:55 |
Yes, it's in rough shape but restorable I think. Certaintly a good candidate for a first timer.There is in fact an arrow on the reel seat ring and it does
"lock",also appears to be ferrulled at the winding check. Would that be consistant with Montague? Thanks for your responses. I was beginning to think
I may have made a "fopah" with a baitcaster!
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Posts: 86 05/01/2009 20:17 |
Moonshine,
It looks like a Montague made bait caster. Some of these reel seats have a patent date of May 15, 1906 on them. Any chance there's a female ferrule hole or plug at the butt end of the grip? If so, the grip could be turned around and used as a (crude) fly rod. . . . Rex TheMontyMan |
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Posts: 86 05/30/2009 00:35 |
Looks to me like a mid-grade Monty with upgraded agate line guides.
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moonshine |
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Posts: 28 05/30/2009 10:36 |
No ferrule on butt end of the reelseat..Had a screwed on plate. I have managed to separate the rod at winding check ferrule and have begun dissasembly. It
will be my first restoration attempt before I move on to fly rods in need. It has most of the problems typical of old bamboo ie:a set,bad finish,etc. I'm
hoping It will be good practice and if it turns out ok, I intend to findout what a fat bass feels like on vintage bamboo. Should be fun!
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Posts: 32 06/01/2009 11:40 |
I agree with your plan of restoring this one and then taking those skills on to restoring flyrods...I will say that you run the risk of becoming, like me,
enamored with these rods and also spinning rods., probably the most esoteric of the bamboo rod family. I have fallen in love with spinning rods and casting
rods as for one thing, they are usually very fair valued and wonderful fishing tools. And they flesh out collections of makers of fly rods. My Gene Edwards
casting rods and spinning rods are gorgeous examples of his work, and when put side by side with his fly rods, imo, make a wonderful display of what it was
like to fish bamboo in the 40's and 50's. My early Heddon baitcasters are the same way, making me go back in time to when my grand dad was fishing for
smallmouth bass on the Clinch River in TN and largemouth on Lake Apopka FL as my dad has told me about their fishing trips when he was a kid in the
1920's...anyway, good luck with the rod, I'm sure you will have a lot of fun with the restoration and will look forward to seeing it after you are
done...dj
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moonshine |
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Posts: 33 06/07/2009 15:39 |
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