I tried this question on the boo site with no definitive answer so hoping someone here may know.

Leonard Wright has always been one of my favorite authors. So when I recently picked up this heavy weight Phillipson rod with an old description on the tube it has me wondering if the rod may have belonged to him. Hopefully one of our fishing historians here may have some thoughts.

(In my opinion his book Fishing the Dry Fly as a Living Insect is certainly one of the best ever written on the subject.)

Incidentally the rod is in beautiful shape with only a few tiny marks on the finish.

Missing the fighting butt and appreciate if anyone knows where I might find one. Emailed Rick's with no response so far.

What I thought was really great was some of the marks on the finish turned out to be fish scales. Evidently someone thought these heavy glass rods were worth fishing. (Coming from the previous era when bamboo was king was it really that heavy?)


Any thoughts appreciated.

Thanks,
Barry

Wright did enjoy, as noted in his writings, some longer glass rods for trout. If I remember right, he enjoyed a 9 1/2 footer glass trout rod. With his connections, those glass rods could come from many sources.
I do know that both Winston and Phillipson did market 9+ trout rods marked for 5 lines....

This rod is a Registered model. Should there be a list somewhere of who purchased these rods?

Sent a message to Rick's Rods. Figure if anyone has access to a list may be him.

Barry

Appreciate the information. No signatures , only Mr Wright's name on the sticker on the tube.

The sticker appears to be one that was placed there for an auction or other type sale.

Thanks,
Barry

The shorter Ugly Sticks may have been OK. But, in my opinion the heavy duty Wonderods put the heavy Ugly Sticks to shame. My buddy had a heavy Ugly Stick in his shop for years and couldn't give the thing away.

I liked reading the early Joe Brooks books where he would show bamboo Orvis Battenkills bent in a U while fighting saltwater fish.

Never dawned on me you guys would have channel cats in the Tucson area. I can't
imagine anyone catching channel cats on an old Silaflex wouldn't have a smile on their face.