Anyone still fish with a wonderod?

Just curious...been thinking about picking one up.
You know with the stimulus check coming and all.

wrote in message
...
Just curious...been thinking about picking one up.
You know with the stimulus check coming and all.

The white Shakespeare wonderod of old-Yes

On Mar 20, 8:15*pm, "Wayne Knight" wrote:
wrote in message

...

Just curious...been thinking about picking one up.
You know with the stimulus check coming and all.

The white Shakespeare wonderod of old-Yes

Yes that's the one. Any particular model to keep an eye out for?

On Mar 20, 6:41*pm, wrote:
On Mar 20, 8:15*pm, "Wayne Knight" wrote:

wrote in message

...

Just curious...been thinking about picking one up.
You know with the stimulus check coming and all.

The white Shakespeare wonderod of old-Yes

Yes that's the one. Any particular model to keep an eye out for?

I have a 3 piece travel model, sock and tube original that I like. Its
a great bass and pickeral rod.

Dave

wrote:
Just curious...been thinking about picking one up.
You know with the stimulus check coming and all.

An eight-foot six-weight wonderod was the first fly rod I
owned.... bought at the PX in Fort Sill, Oklahoma when I was....
what? .... 10? 11? With a cheapo Martin reel. Never caught a
trout with it, but lots of bass, sunfish, crappie. Lost in the
mists of time, during a move, no doubt. Clunky and slow, but I
wouldn't mind having that particular model again...

- JR

On Mar 20, 9:41*pm, wrote:

Yes that's the one. Any particular model to keep an eye out for?

I don't know enough about the history and models they produced to give
you a good answer. Every one I've seen either had no line rating on it
or if it did, it was in the old HCH format and I haven't see one for
sale in a while. Mine translates to a 7wt but I use a 6wt DT fly line
on it. I'm looking for an old Akron made Pflueger reel to put on it.

Life's too short to fish a Wonder Rod! Great memories, but the first
generation synthetic rods weren't all that great.

I must have had at least a dozen fly and spinning Wonder Rods over the
years, so they gave me plenty of enjoyment. Most were bright white
with red tipped with black windings. However, they nearly all failed
from UV light cracking the binding cloth. The last one I fished was a
8 wt I used for bass poppers. I didn't use it much so it lasted about
35 years, but it eventually broke down too. I also had a 6 ft 4 wt
Wonder Rod with gray tipped with black windings. It was such a wet
noodle I sold it at a yard sale, but I wish I had it back.

I still have one Presidential rod - the top of the line Wonder Rod.
Back in the late 50's and early 60's the Presidential rods were just as
expensive as a Payne bamboo rod at about $50! Guess which was the
better long term investment. It is just OK compared to today's rods
but it comes in a heavy wall extruded aluminum tube which is the most
rugged rod tube I have ever seen.

My Wonder Rod days ended in 1969 when I got one of those brown 9' 5 wt
Fenwicks. I couldn't afford to buy the rod, so I went to a sporting
goods wholesaler in Bethlehem PA that had the blanks and I made it
myself. Those brown Fenwicks, Berkeley Panametrics, and Scientific
Anglers rods spelled the end of the Wonder Rod era, and it wasn't long
before graphite rods took over.


--
JeffK
------------------------------------------------------------------------
JeffK's Profile: http://www.njflyfishing.com/vBulleti...php?userid=334
View this thread: http://www.njflyfishing.com/vBulleti...ad.php?t=14192


----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==----
http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups
----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----

"JeffK" wrote in message
...

Life's too short to fish a Wonder Rod! Great memories, but the first
generation synthetic rods weren't all that great.

I must have had at least a dozen fly and spinning Wonder Rods over the
years, so they gave me plenty of enjoyment. Most were bright white
with red tipped with black windings. However, they nearly all failed
from UV light cracking the binding cloth. The last one I fished was a
8 wt I used for bass poppers. I didn't use it much so it lasted about
35 years, but it eventually broke down too. I also had a 6 ft 4 wt
Wonder Rod with gray tipped with black windings. It was such a wet
noodle I sold it at a yard sale, but I wish I had it back.

I still have one Presidential rod - the top of the line Wonder Rod.
Back in the late 50's and early 60's the Presidential rods were just as
expensive as a Payne bamboo rod at about $50! Guess which was the
better long term investment. It is just OK compared to today's rods
but it comes in a heavy wall extruded aluminum tube which is the most
rugged rod tube I have ever seen.

My Wonder Rod days ended in 1969 when I got one of those brown 9' 5 wt
Fenwicks. I couldn't afford to buy the rod, so I went to a sporting
goods wholesaler in Bethlehem PA that had the blanks and I made it
myself. Those brown Fenwicks, Berkeley Panametrics, and Scientific
Anglers rods spelled the end of the Wonder Rod era, and it wasn't long
before graphite rods took over.


--
JeffK

I always figured they were called 'wonder rod' 'cause they would cast
anything form a 3 to a 9 weight...seriously...

john

wrote in message
...
On Mar 20, 8:15 pm, "Wayne Knight" wrote:
wrote in message

...

Just curious...been thinking about picking one up.
You know with the stimulus check coming and all.

The white Shakespeare wonderod of old-Yes

Yes that's the one. Any particular model to keep an eye out for?


I've got one but the model part has worn off...no sock, no tube. I'll be
glad to let you have it for the cost of shipping...

john..

On Mar 22, 11:48*am, "asadi" wrote:
wrote in message

...
On Mar 20, 8:15 pm, "Wayne Knight" wrote:

wrote in message

...

Just curious...been thinking about picking one up.
You know with the stimulus check coming and all.

The white Shakespeare wonderod of old-Yes

Yes that's the one. Any particular model to keep an eye out for?

I've got one but the model *part has worn off...no sock, no tube. *I'll be
glad to let you have it for the cost of shipping...

john..

John,
thanks..I sent you an email. I really appreciate that offer.
Brian