Split cane rod ID help - Brayshaw/Washington connection?

[SteelheadB]

Thank you for the add to this group. I am looking for help identifying a split cane rod I picked up for my collection. Please see attached photos. The rod is a 3 piece plus spare, and was acquired from the nephew of a man who lived in Campbell River, Vancouver Island, who owned this rod along with a Holbrook. The only info on it is simply the name "Dr. Torleif Torland", who was a prominent Seattle physician at Swedish back in the 1920s-40s or so. My research showed that a Dr. T. Torland fished Tyee at Campbell River in the 40s. What caught my eye about the rod was the style of the labelling, which bears similarity to the distinctive printing style of Tommy Brayshaw. I have included samples of this printing from various Brayshaw works for comparison. I have also added a photo of an original Brayshaw rod taken at the Kamloops fly fishing museum which bears some similarity in reel seat design. It is a long shot, but could this rod have been made by Brayshaw during his early "apprenticeship" period under Letcher Lambuth in the late 40s? Brayshaw was religious about signing any of his works, which casts doubt on all of this, but I thought it may be an interesting topic to muse over here....thank you in advance.

 

[Tim Cottage]

Based on the similarity of many of the characters and the reel seat I'd give it a 95++ leaving a little room for unforeseen circumstances.

 

[SteelheadB]

Appreciate your take on this Tim.

 

[Dave Westburg]

Curious how long the rod is. Brayshaw made 13' and 14' rods for the Thompson but on the Coquihalla he used 10'6", 11' and 11'6" fly rods. They were designed for two handed spey casting.

 

[SteelheadB]

Curious how long the rod is. Brayshaw made 13' and 14' rods for the Thompson but on the Coquihalla he used 10'6", 11' and 11'6" fly rods. They were designed for two handed spey casting.

It is stored away at the moment, but I recall it being more like the Coq length. There is a Brayshaw rod build record book in the Kamloops museum, but unfortunately the whole fly fishing display has been mothballed. Is there any evidence that Brayshaw worked with Lambuth to complete rod builds once his abilities diminished?

 

[Dave Westburg]

In the intro to The Anglers Workshop, Steve Raymond says this about Lambuth: "His rodbuilding days were at an end. But his knowledge was shared even though he could no longer put it to his own use; he still was able to teach Tommy Brayshaw the art of rod-building..." Lambuth built rods using a spiral build in which you twist the rod one sixth of a turn between each guide. Looks like your rod is a conventional build and not a spiral build.

 

[Salmo_g]

I would also speculate toward a Lambuth connection as a best guess. So many details we fail to collect before older generations pass on.