I have 9', 10 wt Phillipson Registered that appears perfect except no butt cap and missing fighting butt.

First, does anyone know if this rod originally came with a butt cap? Second any idea where to get a fighting butt.

The fighting butt shown goes great with this rod, except probably a different color than originally came with the rod. This butt belongs to a 9' 9wt Phillipson, so need another.

Any information appreciated.

Thanks,
Barry

P.S....I already tried Rick's Rods.

Scotto,

Only yard cast it so far, but great casting rod. Don't know how it would be casting it all day though.

Do you know if these originally came with some sort of butt plug?

Thanks for your thoughts on what to look for.

Barry

Nice find Barry. I mostly use my FF9010 fenwick for my 10wt as it casts better than my Echo Bag 10. I have a System 10 I havent tried casting yet. It feels a lot heavier than my FF9010 (which doesnt fatigue me much at all).
I would have tried for one of those monster Phillipsons if I didnt have the System 10.

I bought an aftermarket fighting butt for my FF9010 and just epoxied it to my rod (permanently). I need to get another and do the same with the System 10 if I like it enough to use.

I don't ever recall seeing a simple plug for a Phillipson, just the extension butt like you have. As Scott noted, an original rod bag should have a pocket to hold the extra piece.

If Rick's doesn't have old stock, I can't think of anyone else that would. Does he perhaps have the parts that could be assembled by a custom builder? The two caps on the extension butt were fairly common on Phillipson spinning rods. I wouldn't expect to still find an extension butt with a beat up Phillipson - careless owners lose the extension first. Just like all those Ambassadeur reel cases without the little bottle of spare parts. I would look in those odds & ends boxes under dealer tables at tackle shows.

The EF90S was listed inthe 1974 Phillipson catalog as having a 4 inch extension handle. A Pflueger Supreme 577 might balance the rod (and has a drag that will stop anything that won't break the rod first). That could make a nice small tarpon outfit.


Tom

Doubt the collector value would be very significant with/without--or with a fabricated substitute. Very easy to make (or have made) a plug and and extension. Can be done to cosmetic preference without trying to fake it as OEM. Plenty of how-to in rodbuilding. I can see why you'd want the original if available, but personally, I wouldn't look long before spending an hour making one instead. After that, OEM might not seem so important, or the search can continue.

Hey Barry ,
I was thinking about your dilemma when I had my Phillie Spin rods out last night .

The Epoxite Spin Rods came with bronze End Caps
My 7ft Salmon Colored (early) two tip rod has the low profile end cap
My 3m Registered rod has the std flared end cap

My Royal spin rod has a bronze seat but gold winding check and End Cap .

My GMS64 rod has the plastic low profile end cap .

Which then spawned an idea For your rod that’s missing the extension.

I scored these Phillipson Cork Checks from a collection this summer.
I have a few in the light bronze and 1 in the dark bronze

You could glue a rubber plug into the cork check cap and then insert rubber plug with cap into rod .
I mocked it up by taping it to the rod butt

Not bad … ??

Then I also thought you could make an Extension by drilling out the cork check fab up a male ferrule that fits with some cork and a Butt cap

I have a nice dark brown Butt cap that was made by National Plastics from Odenton Md
Not sure if Phillipson used them but lots of other rod makers did

Could be semi Factory correct with a Lil’ Maryland style thrown in for good measure.
Just say the word Barry and I’ll send you down some Phillipson Cork Checks for your Project Big Dog !!
Scotto