Can anyone provide the listed weight of a Royal Wand RWF70?
That would be the 7’ model with the fiberglass ferrule built on a Scotchply blank.
Thank you in advance.

Another good example/reminder: listed/marked fly rod lengths are nominal and only an approximate indication of how a rod will feel or "balance." They tell a little bit, but in isolation from other characteristics, weight distribution being just one.

Don't forget the Glass Wiki. It's out of date for new rods, but some of the classic rod pages are still very good. The Orvis page particularly - thank you Gaddis!

The listing for your rod indicates it showed up in the 1969-1974 catalogs. So the idea it was made on a Royal Wand blank is sound. The Golden Eagle Orvis rods were supposedly made on Epoxite blanks. Of course, without copies of the Phillipson or Orvis production records we can't be absolutely sure how many rods were made on what blanks.

I have a couple of the metal ferruled Orvis Fullflex rods and I like them. But on one the cork grip came unglued from the blank. Give your rod a good exam. Then take it out and fish the guides off it. I think you will like it.


Tom

I have a 7' fly fox that is very similar,even the wraps.My favorite all around rod.

Thanks all for the input. I just spoke to Rick and Marilyn at Rick’s Rods, and they were very helpful and gracious as usual.
Rick said that the yellow Orvis Fullflex rods were built on the “same damned blank” as the Phillipson Royal Wands of the same era. The heavier weight (3 1/8oz) listed on the the Orvis model is most likely due to the more substantial reel seat hardware; walnut spacer et al. That jibes with what’s observable on my Fullflex. Even the cork seems denser than on the Phillipson Royals and Royal Wands I’ve held.
Tom - I inspected this rod thoroughly and it’s sound as a pound. Previous owners may have given the wraps a touch of spar at intervals, which has preserved things subtly but effectively.
I’m going to fish it to the stars.
Thanks to Gaddis for the great wiki resource.