Ok ... call it "Lock Down Fever" ... but it's all part of my "Master Plan" !!! (more of which later ... I promise. Suffice to say a hint is in my Screen Name !)
How could I resist this ??? ... listed in the Albert Smith & Co. 1937 catalogue under "Very Superior Match Rods" ... a 13ft 6in, 4 piece "The Majestic" ... a canal roach rod if I have ever read a description of one !!!
"Beside the water I discovered (or maybe rediscovered) the quiet. The sort of quiet that allows one to be woven into the tapestry of nature instead of merely standing next to it." Estaban.
Remarkable really that a long wisp of a rod like that can make it to 83 years old and be in such superb condition! Cherished for generations - what a great find AC