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PampasPete wrote:
"have been fishing an old Phillipson Chieftain tc76...So who makes the closest blank today?"
It seems odd that the initial question of the OP has yet to be answered.
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Thought I Made My Answer Clear In #5Quote:
What does a Modern Fiberglass Rod have that a Classic Fiberglass Rod doesn't ? Sales Hype Targeting A New Generation Of Fly Fisherman and Little Else in my humble opinion.
For those of us whom have been around since the heyday of fiberglass,including those of us whom never played into the Graphite Hype, survivors of the Graphite Wars and The Bamboo Rebirth.
Classic Phillipson Rods Do Everything You Could Want In A Fishing Rod.
Thanks guys got myself all set, just working out the bugs of getting acquainted with the new photo sharing site.
The picture quality looks much better and it isn't my photo's they just look better ???
Got so caught up in the photo sharing yesterday never set foot out of the house.
It was a good day to hibernate as everything was covered in Ice.
As in just about everything Rod Making I did manage to determine that the Wonderod blank in question is in fact Hollow.
I STAND CORRECTED After spying down the I.D. of the female ferrule,it appeared the blank was hollow.
I took a narrow section of rod tip material and was able to insert the tip end threw the ferrule and into the blanks butt section about 14".
So Watson the butt end of the Spinning Rod is reinforced with a wooden dowel of sorts.
The rest will be sorted out when my Kiddos join me to spruce the rod up.
Tight Lines And The Only
Way To Replace A Phillipson Fishing Rod Is With Another Phillipson Loops