Sowerbutts " the Colne " query

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Kirpan
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Sowerbutts " the Colne " query

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Hi , I have a Sowerbutts " colne " for what, how and where would you use it ?

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Kirpan the Colne was designed I believe as a Roach rod
The one I have seen was 13ft could have been 13-6 but also had a short butt that could shorten it to 11ft if you wanted to
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There are pictures of the 14ft. version which Wallys-Cast brought back to life in this thread :-

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Taken from a Sowerbutts catalog dated 1965

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Kirpan wrote:Hi , I have a Sowerbutts " colne " for what, how and where would you use it ?
It's mainly used for fishing I believe :tea:

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Perhaps for fishing the River Colne near Heathrow for roach with hemp?

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