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Dale Clemens Blank ID?
Post 02 Jun 2023, 12:58 • #1 
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I just got this blank from a seller on an auction site, but I need help identifying the blank's line weight. It's a Dale Clemens Custom Tackle blank marked PRB75 on the tag, but there is no other information. It's glossy black and appears to be smoothly sanded fiberglass. A search of this forum and others tells me it's probably a "State of the Art" SOA blank from the 90s. 7'5" in length, 5 pieces. It will make a nice pack rod, however first I need to know what weight it is. Does anyone have an old catalog handy?





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Post 03 Jun 2023, 08:27 • #2 
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Hi Moose,

According to the Complete Angler's Catalog, page 251, that is a Clemen's Custom Builder Fiberglass Travel Rod Blank, 7.5" long for a 6/7 weight line. The specs say it is a 6/64 tip, and a 0.445 butt. The blank sold for $28.29 in 1985 dollars. The standard line in those days would have been a Cortland peach, in today's lines, who knows.

That's a nice blank you have there.


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Post 03 Jun 2023, 11:10 • #3 
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Thank you!! I really appreciate you looking that up for me. Those catalogs still come in handy nearly 4 decades later.


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Post 03 Jun 2023, 14:16 • #4 
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Glad I could help.


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Post 03 Jun 2023, 18:47 • #5 
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Very nice support there, archfly!

Have fun with your rod when you get it built, Moose15. I'll bet it will be a fun rod for smallies, etc., out of a canoe or kayak or otherwise. Dale Clemens had some nice blanks back in the day.


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