Tell me about my grandfathers rods.

Some of you guys were kind enough recently to give me advice about which
kind of reel I should buy to go with my old Fenwick rod. Well, I haven't
bought a reel yet but I have another request. I dug into the old tubes that
my grandfathers old cane rods were sent to me from England in, and I wonder
if any of you guys have any knowledge about them. I have a total of four
rods, two of which are are not fly rods. They a

a) A Foster Bros three piece fly rod of about 8'6" to 9', labelled The "WLF"
although the last letter may be a Y.

b) A Foster Bros. two piece rod labelled the "Holding". This is not a fly
rod.

c) Another coarse fishing rod: an Allcocks two piece spinning rod without a
model name on the rod itself

d) An unidentified trout rod of about 8'. I can find no makers name on this
which surprises me as it another nice looking rod. It has a slide band type
reel seat. The cork of the handle appears to have been knawn on by rats. The
butt cap (if that is the word) has the remains of a piece of brown leather
sticking out from it. What would this have been for? This leather flap has
also has been chewed by something. I guess ID' ing this reel will not be
easy. Is there anywhere I might have missed a makers mark?

Is there some way to repair the (rodent) damaged rod?

Anyway, thanks for any help. They are the only things I have of my
grandfathers and I would like to keep them.

Dan Hugh-Jones

Hi Dan,

Jim Adams in Berkeley, CA has a reputable business of buying and selling
cane rods, old fly reels and old fly fishing books.

Adams Angling (Jim Adams)
1170 Keeler Ave
Berkeley, CA 94708
TEL: 510-849-1324
FAX: 510-883-9257

I tried to find their web site, but no luck.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA
www.kiene.com

"Dan" lose wrote in message
...

Some of you guys were kind enough recently to give me advice about which
kind of reel I should buy to go with my old Fenwick rod. Well, I haven't
bought a reel yet but I have another request. I dug into the old tubes
that
my grandfathers old cane rods were sent to me from England in, and I
wonder
if any of you guys have any knowledge about them. I have a total of four
rods, two of which are are not fly rods. They a

a) A Foster Bros three piece fly rod of about 8'6" to 9', labelled The
"WLF"
although the last letter may be a Y.

b) A Foster Bros. two piece rod labelled the "Holding". This is not a fly
rod.

c) Another coarse fishing rod: an Allcocks two piece spinning rod without
a
model name on the rod itself

d) An unidentified trout rod of about 8'. I can find no makers name on
this
which surprises me as it another nice looking rod. It has a slide band
type
reel seat. The cork of the handle appears to have been knawn on by rats.
The
butt cap (if that is the word) has the remains of a piece of brown leather
sticking out from it. What would this have been for? This leather flap has
also has been chewed by something. I guess ID' ing this reel will not be
easy. Is there anywhere I might have missed a makers mark?

Is there some way to repair the (rodent) damaged rod?

Anyway, thanks for any help. They are the only things I have of my
grandfathers and I would like to keep them.

Dan Hugh-Jones

Thanks Bill, I will take them all up there so he can take a look when next I
make a San Francisco trip.

Dan



"Bill Kiene" wrote in message
. ..
Hi Dan,

Jim Adams in Berkeley, CA has a reputable business of buying and selling
cane rods, old fly reels and old fly fishing books.

Adams Angling (Jim Adams)
1170 Keeler Ave
Berkeley, CA 94708
TEL: 510-849-1324
FAX: 510-883-9257

I tried to find their web site, but no luck.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA
www.kiene.com

"Dan" lose wrote in message
...

Some of you guys were kind enough recently to give me advice about
which
kind of reel I should buy to go with my old Fenwick rod. Well, I haven't
bought a reel yet but I have another request. I dug into the old tubes
that
my grandfathers old cane rods were sent to me from England in, and I
wonder
if any of you guys have any knowledge about them. I have a total of four
rods, two of which are are not fly rods. They a

a) A Foster Bros three piece fly rod of about 8'6" to 9', labelled The
"WLF"
although the last letter may be a Y.

b) A Foster Bros. two piece rod labelled the "Holding". This is not a
fly
rod.

c) Another coarse fishing rod: an Allcocks two piece spinning rod
without
a
model name on the rod itself

d) An unidentified trout rod of about 8'. I can find no makers name on
this
which surprises me as it another nice looking rod. It has a slide band
type
reel seat. The cork of the handle appears to have been knawn on by rats.
The
butt cap (if that is the word) has the remains of a piece of brown
leather
sticking out from it. What would this have been for? This leather flap
has
also has been chewed by something. I guess ID' ing this reel will not be
easy. Is there anywhere I might have missed a makers mark?

Is there some way to repair the (rodent) damaged rod?

Anyway, thanks for any help. They are the only things I have of my
grandfathers and I would like to keep them.

Dan Hugh-Jones