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I just put a sneeky low bid on this rod and left it to go and wash up.

Not a rod I'd normally bid on as the pictures aren't clear and you can't even see the handle. Worth a gamble I thought though.

I didn't imagine I'd win it but now I have does anyone Have any Knowledge of what rod it might be?



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I've just noticed that John65 has one similar.

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Bargain for someone if the cane is sound. Mine was a bit of a mess when I got it but a new set of guides and a couple of coats of new varnish made it a user again, mine is a very light rod and a pleasure to use.
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Thanks John.

Did you keep to the same colour whippings? I've just been looking through AshbyCut's thread and saw he'd changed his to cream and blue (Looks really nice).

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Kingfisher, no I didnt, I didnt like the multi colour whipping, I replaced mine with Garnet (Red Wine).
Did you win the rod.
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John65 wrote:Kingfisher, no I didnt, I didnt like the multi colour whipping, I replaced mine with Garnet (Red Wine).
Did you win the rod.
I have won it yes John.

I'm not too keen on the red and black. I might have a bit of a think about the colours. How does yours fish? Does it feel strong?

I paid £14.49 with postage. :Thumb:

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Kingfisher, Sir ... yours looks similar to the one I picked up earlier today (whole cane butt/centre sections/split cane tip) which has two tone blue whippings ... a sort of Royal Blue mains with Sky Blue intermediates. The transfers look from a slightly different era, though.

The Martin James I restored earlier came with a vibrant Kingfisher Blue whipping (once I'd cut it off and looked underneath ... it looked black before I started).
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I like the sounds of the vibrant Kingfisher blue....that sounds really fitting.

Thanks Ashbycut. :Thumb:

What I wanted to know really is will they hold a decent fish? Only I'll be fishing for cruscians and ocassionally hook a decent carp there.

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Heres a few pics of mine now, it has a double splice, 1 in the middle section, spliced into narrower whole cane and a splt cane splied tip. I have used it for grayling and perch and it was ideal but i would say it had more to give, I would be happy to go for fish up to 5lb.


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Thanks for taking the time to post those John.

That looks very nice.

I get plagued by the bigger carp at times where I catch my cruscians...I don't want those big lumping things I'll leave those for SK. :Wink:

Here's one I've just found on the net. It was refurbished by kingfisher rods beleive it or not.

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