I found a Fenwick FF80-3 on an ebay site. I decided to bring it home to live. I've been casually looking for a fiberglass 6 weight pack rod for a while, and have never had a three piece rod. It will be fun to play with.
It is 8'-0", labeled as 3-1/2 oz. It has an E serial number, which would indicate a 1964-1965 production year (?), if the regular serial number list also applied to variants like the three piece. There are no line recommendations listed on the blank, but on the search on this forum before I bought it, it looks like a 5 or 6 weight. Lawn casting it yesterday, it handles both very nicely, but feels really nice with the 6. Feels like a nice medium action, doesn't work hard at all with the 6 weight.
The aluminum tube measures about 34-1/2". It will be handy in the truck tool box, Subaru, or the day pack. I have never had a Fenwick with the green plastic screw on cap before. Kinda cool. The rod label on the aluminum tube is worn and smudged away from handling, all that is legible of the rod number on the tube label is FF. The brown cloth sack looks original, with three spaces in the sleeve, and is an appropriate length.
The rod is in very good fishing shape. Scratched up on the reel seat, dirty on the cork from handling, but the guides, wraps, ferrule ends and fit, and the blank itself are fine. I didn't get it for collector value, so the honest fishing use doesn't bother me. I got it to fish and have fun with, and I'm looking forward to putting into action on the creekbank soon.