welcome napawino. nice bunch o wondorods. they look to be in nearly unfished condition-- very pretty. thanks for sharing. have you met Tooty? he is one of the resident shakespeare afficionados. lots of love here for wond o rods!

Thanks for the welcome!

A very handsome line-up! Love those Wonderods!

Yup that is where I saw it!

Beautiful transparent green! First bait rod I've seen in that color. Thanks for sharing!

Very nice !!!

1240 FEE

Just curious if that is a one piece blade or does it have a ferrule? For decades the Shakespeare bamboo rod model coding was determined by the number of sections. For example, the 1100 series were one piece, the 1200 series where two piece, and the 1300 series were three piece. This carried on into the Wonderod era with the 1190 bait casting, 1290 two-piece fly rod, and the 1390 three-piece fly rod. Then for some reason they designated the WondOrod as a 1400 series (even though it was two-piece). So if your 1240 is one-piece, this would be another exception to the rule.

I thought we were talking about the bait casting rod? What is the model number on that?

It is a Model 1171L and it also has the letters FCC if I'm reading it right. And it is one piece. Is there a page of reference for these like there is for fly rods?

I'm guessing the date code means it was made in 1958.

Its almost fiber optic-like. It looks like a light tube when outside.

My google skills are lacking. Where?

Nice. Thanks! It's older than I am. By a little.

It is a sweet little rod. I have used it with the Johnson reel in the photo with great results. I also have a new old stock Zebco 404 that really is great on it. A flick of the wrist and it tosses a lure a long way. After fly rods, these little spincast setups are my favorite. I've caught zillions of panfish and quite a few trout on them over the years. I once had a 4 pound rainbow run me up and down the shore for about half an hour, for fear I'd run out of line. I think my dad would still be laughing if he were alive.