Sunday June 9th, Annual Bamboo "Fling" gathering for our Puget Sound area...What'cha going to bring? My likely rods:
1. Leonard 50D. This is an 8' Leonard that is a four weight medium action rod. A light 8' rod that is my ideal for casting dries on smaller streams.
2. Phillipson glass - a rare, sought after 7-1/2' M76L (L for light version). Most M76 Phillipsons are six weights but they made a handful in this lighter five weight version. It was severely beat up when found and I eventually stripped it down to bare glass and rebuilt it. I discovered the glass pieces are two different colors and it's a bit of an oddball aesthetically, but it's a nifty casting medium-fast, not fast, rod. I recently found a correct length Phillipson tube which I think was from the same era, but might be from a few years earlier than this M76L was made. It looks like a shotgun sheath. Leave it to Bill Phillipson to lend a funky style to his great gear.
3. Goodwin Granger Favorite "8642GF." This is a rod that hovers around four or five weight depending on one's mood and need that day. I'll probably put a five on it for the cast around simply because my only four weight will be hanging on the Leonard already and the Leonard is just a tad light action than the GF8642. These Goodwin Granger era rods made when Goodwin was still alive are a bit slower, smoother compared to the post WWII Wright McGill era Grangers which are great rods in their own right. I last fished this during overlapping hatches of BWO's, caddis and occasional larger mayflies last fall on the Metolius and it helped me catch my first Metolius rainbow.
Looking forward to seeing old and new friends and sampling all the great rods out there.
1. Leonard 50D. This is an 8' Leonard that is a four weight medium action rod. A light 8' rod that is my ideal for casting dries on smaller streams.
2. Phillipson glass - a rare, sought after 7-1/2' M76L (L for light version). Most M76 Phillipsons are six weights but they made a handful in this lighter five weight version. It was severely beat up when found and I eventually stripped it down to bare glass and rebuilt it. I discovered the glass pieces are two different colors and it's a bit of an oddball aesthetically, but it's a nifty casting medium-fast, not fast, rod. I recently found a correct length Phillipson tube which I think was from the same era, but might be from a few years earlier than this M76L was made. It looks like a shotgun sheath. Leave it to Bill Phillipson to lend a funky style to his great gear.
3. Goodwin Granger Favorite "8642GF." This is a rod that hovers around four or five weight depending on one's mood and need that day. I'll probably put a five on it for the cast around simply because my only four weight will be hanging on the Leonard already and the Leonard is just a tad light action than the GF8642. These Goodwin Granger era rods made when Goodwin was still alive are a bit slower, smoother compared to the post WWII Wright McGill era Grangers which are great rods in their own right. I last fished this during overlapping hatches of BWO's, caddis and occasional larger mayflies last fall on the Metolius and it helped me catch my first Metolius rainbow.
Looking forward to seeing old and new friends and sampling all the great rods out there.
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