Here's the bottom half of a rod I was given.
The only markings I can see is an "S" (78-79?) for the year, no other numbers or stickers are there...Under the eagle on the left side of it's feet it says "made in USA" just barely readable with old eyes...
There is no Fenwick logo or wording on the real seat.
50 1/2 " long, and at the hook keeper it measures 0.469.
Don't know if that measurement is helpful at all, just wondering if rods of differing line weights would measure differently at that point?
Would that 50 1/2" section translate to it originally being an 8' 6" overall length?
Would there be any way to determine what line weight it could have been labeled at?
It has at some point spent lots of time in the sun, the color is noticeably faded on the top...
Hoping to someday find a top section that would make a fishable rod out of it. Roy