The oldest rod you regularly use?

[SurfnFish]

Mine is a 9' 6 wt, 2 pc Loomis IM6 blank wrapped by Dave Wolfe in the mid 80's, at the old SF Fly Shop on Clement owned by Doug Mateo, and has caught fish thoughout the west ever since. Wife took her biggest fish with it this year, a Crane Prairie bruiser that slammed a balanced leech and then took off so fast I had to chase it with the skiff.
Got an oldy still in action?

 

[RCF]

Early graphite: 1982 - 1983 Loomis IM6 Signature Series 5 weight 9'. Has early reel seat with stamped Loomis name. Used everytime I fish for almost 40 years.

 

[Greg Armstrong]

Oldest regularly used one is a 7’-6” FE Thomas 3pc bamboo rod made in 1930.

 

[PhilR]

Probably one of my 1920s era bamboo rods. It’s fun to think about the old timers who’ve fished them before me.

 

[iveofione]

An early 80's Powell Ultra IM-6 4wt currently in use by my granddaughter.

 

[flybill]

A couple of bamboo rods I've picked up from other guys on this board and an Old Wright and McGill 8wt 8' fiberglass rod my dad used.. have refinished with his name on it since he passed away from pancreatic cancer when I was 15 1/2.. thought it was a 5wt when I used it on my first trip to Glacier National Park.. had a 5wt line on it.. cast like shit, but I still caught a few fish! Will post pics.. have to get them off the old WFF.com site or dig through my onedrive and Google docs!

 

[Zak]

Mid 90s Sage 486 LL.

 

[Kenneth Yong]

My regular season-starter, an 8' 3-piece Divine 5wt from 1917:

 

[VAGABOND]

My St Croix 9’ GBH 2 piece fiberglass rod purchased new in 1962 for maybe $15 for an Atlantic Salmon trip to Nova Scotia in 1963. Still exercise it annually for reds in the grass and skinny water every February or March. Attached to it always is the original JW Young 4” Beaudex, 11/1962, with a slightly “newer” fly line.

 

[Tom Butler]

I got this Sage for graduation in '81. It was my only rod for 25years or so, and still gets used regularly.

 

[Rob Allen]

At this point in life I don't fish any rods in a way that could be considered regularly. Mostly because of where I live, however my oldest rod that I use when I can is my Burkheimer 583-2 that I bought in around 1999.
I have an orvis 10ft 9wt that I bought in 1985 but I don't use it anymore.

 

[clarkman]

Probably my Berkeley Gowdy Parametric. It's a 7'6" 6/7wt glass rod that has easily handled big smallies, steelhead and trout since I've had it. I'm guessing it was produced some time in the 70s.

 

[Pink Nighty]

I use my dads Fenwick glass 686-2, which he bought lightly used in 1975. He does not think its pre-1970, so 1972ish is my oldest stick.
Its is a dream to play with as well.

 

[Dave Westburg]

The Phillipson and Granger and Winston and Sharpes bamboo rods I fish are 50-75 years old.

 

[Billy]

When I was 12 I used a bunch of money I got picking strawberries (first job) to buy a 5wt Orvis silver label. This would have been around 94. I still use it a lot.

 

[Wetswinger]

Bought myself a rod with money given to me for high school graduation in 1973. It's an 8ft, 6# weight Fenwick, 2 piece, glass rod. Still use it to strip flys on the lakes...

I'm a big fan of 2- piece rods. I leave all my 4- piece set up as 2's. Amazingly they fit in my car. LOL...

 

[Pez Vela]

I have an 1880's, greenheart fly rod made in Edinburgh, Scotland (with silk line and hair leaders) .. that I regularly fish about once a year.

 

[VMP]

Probably my Berkeley Gowdy Parametric. It's a 7'6" 6/7wt glass rod that has easily handled big smallies, steelhead and trout since I've had it. I'm guessing it was produced some time in the 70s.

Another Berkley Parametric small glass rod, I guess late 1960s or 1970s, this is a 5-piece spin/fly Custom Parametric PC5C- 6' 10", in its fly configuration is more like a 6' 6" or 6' 7" with its current custom wine cork "fighting butt" (was missing the rod extension or cap when I got it)... It came with a Berkley 540 reel (Hardy Lighweight clone), currently paired with an even older Pflueger 2094. The rod is a joy to cast (anything from a 4 to a 6 wt line) and my go-to setup for quick escapes to local lake docks for bass, yellow perch and trout.

 

[dep]

Sage 5wt RPL. got a few of them. one needs to be repaired, thanks for reminding me.

 

[Old Man]

I don't have any old rods. Bought my first rod in 1957. It was a fiber glass 9' 6 wt. brand unknown. It got broke walking through the woods over on the dry side. My oldest rod that I use is a TFO 7'9"3wt Finesse rod. Bought about12 years ago.