Russ Peak

[Otisdog]

I don't think Russ made spinning rods in anything but glass, and his 4 piece rods were graphite.

 

[E Bilbrey]

Might be noteworthy to mention that Kerry Burkheimer apprenticed with Russ.
When Russ passed, Kerry acquired (some or all, I don't know) his inventory. He can build you a rod on one of Russ's blanks or he could in the past.
Fortunate for me, I have one of Russ's builds and one of Kerry's on a Peak blank.

 

[E Bilbrey]

I saw your post about Russ Peak's assistant and thought I would ask if you know Robert Moore who another fisherman told me he built rods in Pasadena with him. I don't know much about fiberglass rods but he paid $200 for it from Moore. No markings on it though. It has no marks but the case has a model number305475 serial # 20467
It is beautiful 64" but trying to find out more. Hoping someone knows Moore made rods.

 

[Otisdog]

There was a Bob Moore that hung out in his shop....dark hair and an eyepatch. Don't know if he was a rod builder.

 

[Mike Cline]

This 1996 work by the Johnsons is an excellent treatise on the subject.

 

[Rob Allen]

I’ll just add that Kerry was very close friends with Tom Morgan, and rolled at least some of Tom’s blanks, including fiberglass. I broke the tip on a 2 piece 7wt fiberglass (Unity rod), after Tom passed. Eventually I reached out to Kerry for advice. He asked for the rod, which I shipped, and he built a new tip section that matches perfectly. In homage to Tom. Thanks Kerry!!!

Loved Tom and visited him every summer on Montana trips.. He was as picky as they come..
Fiberglass is incredibly difficult to work with and making blanks good enough to ease Tom was an amazing challenge.