Jack Frost Fly Rod?????

"Sandy" wrote in message
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riverman wrote:
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I haven't been able to find any information on Jack Frost rods
other than that there was a company in lower England that was
incepted in the late 1800's that made fishing rods.

I am curious to where I can find out if the pole is worth anything
and what the history of the pole is.

Any info. would be much appreciated!



Any chance that this is a 9ft, 3 inch 9wt rod, 2 piece hex? And that
your GGrandfather was a Kiwi?



D'oH. You said it was a 3-piece.

FWIW, if it's a "Joe Frost" rather than Jack Frost, then it could
have been made by the Walker Bampton Co. in Alnwick, Northumberland,
England. WB was formed by ex-Hardy employees, who made rods from the
early 30s until 1986, when they were bought out by Farlows of Pall
Mall St, London. They were quite high-quality for their day, and were
targeted for the New Zealand market. If yours was bought in 1925, it
might not be one of these, or it might be a prototype before the
company got started. Or it might have beed designed by Joe Frost
himself; Joe Frost was a Kiwi fly fisherman (arrived in Turangi, NZ
in 1915) who designed the "Tonga" flyrods for Tisdalls in 1938. Look
over the rod more closely and see if there are any more clues. It
might be worth something as an antique.

--riverman

Could this be them?

http://www.jfonline.co.uk/why.html

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I saw that, too, but Jack Frost bought the company and gave his name to it
in 1985. He'd have been hard pressed to have been making rods in the
1920s...

--riverman

riverman wrote:
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riverman wrote:
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Could this be them?

http://www.jfonline.co.uk/why.html

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I saw that, too, but Jack Frost bought the company and gave his name
to it in 1985. He'd have been hard pressed to have been making rods
in the 1920s...

--riverman

I didn't read that till after I sent the post

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