Mystery Milwards
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 2:12 pm
A bit of assistance is required here, chaps, if you’d be so kind.
This is my grandfather’s split cane trout rod, 9’ in length, age unknown, but almost certainly pre-war and in quite reasonable condition. There are no numbers or lettering, just “Milwards” just above the button. There is a bamboo pole, with a screw top for a landing net, the pole contains a spare tip section which I can’t release - this drives me crackers.
The bag, tatty and grimy, has no tag or label, but is obviously the original as it has to cater for the bamboo pole.
Coincidentally, I was in Ashbourne yesterday, looking around Steven Woolley’s shop (seriously, if you haven’t been, you’ve got to go...), and whilst driving home, I thought that I would let him take a look at it as I’m sure that a refurb might just be policy, so I shall do this next week, all being well.
In the meantime, if any of you in the Milwards brains trust have any ideas or advice, I really would be most grateful.
Kind Regards
Phil.