On May 1, 6:52 pm, williemcd wrote:
Hello all, I posted a while back about unloading some of my gear but I
neglected to let ya know that I'm a long time member of this group but
under a different name. My old s/n was bilbonme@aol.
Well, I posted a F/S of a rod prob 75 y/o. I got a query from someone
about make and model. I could only see a manufacturing stamp
indicating Southbend and then I noticed a stamp on the reel seat which
said" Single CROSS Built". The guy the queried me thought that was a
key issue on it's value. So, what does Single CROSS Built mean?

Bill McDonald

A little info on South Bend Rods:

Cross was a rodmaker at SB, and had a separate line of rods in the SB
catalog. Prior to his days at SB he made rods on his own.
Single is a little more vague. The classes af rods at SB were
identified by numbers . A single number denoted all purpose economy
rods, (I think), Two numbers indicated a bass rod, three numbers a
trout rod. So "single" could mean this rod belonged to the first
group, and built by Cross, or it could mean a single tip rod built by
Cross. SB rods are readily available on eBay and elsewhere, and prices
range from aroun $50 to $500, depending on model and condition.

BTW, Google is your friend.....I didn't know a damn thing about SB
rods until five minutes ago. If you want to dig deeper, Google "South
+Bend+Bamboo", and go through all the links.