Had a fellow come into the shop who sold me a very, very clean spinning rod for 7 bucks
and I was wondering if anyone could give me a bit of info on it. I’m going to try to see if I can figure out the picture thing later, but for now, here is a description.
Markings are Wright & McGill “Golden West”, below that is: No. MGW - 8FT
To the left of that is the usual eagle, underneath which is a solid dot, and beneath the dot is: 2-K
Below all that it is marked in two lines: THIS ROD IS EQUIPPED WITH
—MiNi FERRULES—The MiNi FERRULES is enlarged and beneath the first bit.
It is yellow fiberglass, naturally, and the reel seat is brown anodized aluminum, with silver locking rings and hoods. The guides appear to be stainless steel, and the wrappings are a very dark gray (perhaps faded black?) with white contrasts. Cork fore and aft. As above, condition is very minty, almost new, with the only evidence of use being some slight staining of the cork, and a rather dry appearance to the wrappings.
For $7 there was no way I wasn’t going to buy it, especially in the condition I’ve described. But I’m unsure as to when it was made, and what its intended target fish was, although I certainly know how I am going to be using it!
Given the brown anodized reel seat and the SS (chromed?) guides, I’m guessing late ‘60s to early ‘70s, but I’m just guessing as I am thoroughly uneducated in this regard. I have a few of the smaller size Daiwa BG series reels that will undoubtedly look right at home on it, as well as a Penn 713-Z.
Any help gentlemen?
Otony