I came across a nice old Jimmy Green model glass rod manufactured by Phil Pedley in Sonoma Ca. in the mid 40's. Mr Green and Pedley designed several of these rods before going to work for Fenwick then on to Sage.
I called Jim Adams and had him look into it. He told me that these were excellent rods and even though they are highly collected they aren't worth a whole lot of money, around $200 to $300 dollars or so. But if your into fly fishing history as we all know he was very instrumental in where we are today with our modern gear, most of it all started with Jimmy Green.
This is the damndest looking rod I've seen in a long time. They were unsanded where you can see the spiraling of the fiberglass as it worked up the mandrel and it one of the lightest rods I've ever held. Even though it's not worth much I will keep it, but as Jim Adams suggested I throw a five wt. floating line on it and fish it and that's what I intend to do.
If you've never seen one of these rods and want to throw a line with it I will be at Jason's BBQ Saturday and I will bring it for all to play with. Jim:thumb:
I called Jim Adams and had him look into it. He told me that these were excellent rods and even though they are highly collected they aren't worth a whole lot of money, around $200 to $300 dollars or so. But if your into fly fishing history as we all know he was very instrumental in where we are today with our modern gear, most of it all started with Jimmy Green.
This is the damndest looking rod I've seen in a long time. They were unsanded where you can see the spiraling of the fiberglass as it worked up the mandrel and it one of the lightest rods I've ever held. Even though it's not worth much I will keep it, but as Jim Adams suggested I throw a five wt. floating line on it and fish it and that's what I intend to do.
If you've never seen one of these rods and want to throw a line with it I will be at Jason's BBQ Saturday and I will bring it for all to play with. Jim:thumb: