Hello all and thanks for having me,
My grandpa lived in Beaverton Michigan and had a farm there and worked at Dow. Since he has passed, we have started to clean out some of the outbuildings and barns. I knew he fly fished, as he was an avid outdoorsman being a guide in WY as well in his younger years. I need some clarification on some old fiberglass rods I found if I may.
Wonder Rod 1390 in socks in heavy Aluminum rod holders with stickers on the end.
Model: FAC
GBJ
Action Rod
4390
5767 (new never been out of the plastic with original paperwork wrapped on the cork)
1966
81470 (new never been out of the plastic)
My mom told me that my aunt worked at Action Rod in Hastings MI and my grandpa would buy them from her. She also said that he had a lot more than what I have found. There are Herters collapsible fly rods as well but need work. The rods listed I would like to revive and use them. I did however bring the Wonder Rod FAC with me to Montana last week and used it for the first day of fishing on the Thompson River. Grandpas rod caught 15 trout consisting of brown, cutty's and 2 bull trout. It was great having my grandpa with me once again. Any help on these rods would be appreciated. Thanks in advance and thank you for your time.

Scott Walters

Thank You!

Hi Scott, in this "Wiki" that has been mentioned - https://wiki.fiberglassflyrodders.com/wiki/Shakespeare - I think you'll find the three letter "model" numbers refer to "model year" or "date code" and you can sort through the chart to find out more about your rods, however I'll mention that some early Shakespeare rods had the actual model number stamped onto the sliding or locking rings of the reel seat. This model location is seldom mentioned and the numbers can be hard to read as they get dinged up over time.

Not much at all in the Actionrod Wiki page - https://wiki.fiberglassflyrodders.com/wiki/Actionrod
As to the search, by all means try the built in search function, it will find lots of info for you; but, I have also found that on most forums if I use a major search engine and the form "Actionrod site:fiberglassflyrodders.com" or "Orchard Industries site:fiberglassflyrodders.com" that I may get more results (about 6000 in this case) or more applicable results.