Hi everyone. A friend of my father in law handed this rod to me, asking me to refurb/rebuild it. I'm always up for a challenge but I don't want to do anything to it until I know what it is.

It appears to be solid fiberglass painted to look like cane. It's 6'6" assembled and I'd call it a light action. The rear grip seems very short. I'd think it was cut off but the two sections are about the same length.

The aluminum reel seat is very large in my opinion.

Of course, the label is almost gone, I can make out green, yellow and red and the word Fish. Photos below. Does anyone have any ideas what it is?

That never crossed my mind!

She's not magnetic. I used the fridge magnet that was holding the losing Powerball ticket.

I've got a rod with that paint scheme and the striped thread but no identification.

BTW that striped thread comes on the spool that way. The stripes get wider when wrapping as the rod diameter gets smaller. IME usually used to give a fancy wrap effect on a lower line rod. The stamped frame guide was also a bit less costly than a wire frame, as was the compressed cork handle.

Judging by the handle configuration, seat size, and guides, presuming they are all the same type, my feeling is possibly that rod was made to use with a closed-face spinning reel like a Shakespeare Wonderspin 1755 or it's South Bend cousins. The rod was gripped ahead of the reel.

I think 6foot is right on about Kingfisher. The remains of your logo are similar to Kingfisher logos here...
http://antiquerodandreels.com/mfg_k/kingfisher.html
http://classicflyrodforum.com/forum/vie ... 69&t=77852
The typeface is slightly different but your rod is later than those.