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or Cortland (it’s definitely NOT peach)
So, not "peach" pink or not the same quality?
I don't recall 444 being called "peach" (or exactly that shade of pink) when it first came to the nearby bait shop (that passed as a fly shop at the time) but my first reaction your picture was to say old 444. If the taper and quality are different than 444, my next guess is what whrlpool said, more or less. Colors have varied over time with dyes used and plastics used and I think with marketing whims. It could be any brand in the world and still work well, it is my belief that very few factories make all the brands and did make some brands that are no longer sold. In the "old days", as it is now, you could get your own line of merchandise manufactured from fly lines to shotguns.