The Hunter SP 12' 3 piece

[BoltonBullfinch]

Did Chapmans make a fiberglass hunter 1000 rod?

Thanks
BB

[Jeremy Croxall]

Simply Perfect

[Greentura]

Did Chapmans make a fiberglass hunter 1000 rod?

Thanks
BB

Yes, Early Phenolic glass with brass ferrules. A similar action and feel to the Edgar sealey 'Black Arrow' of the same time, but a more basic build. I have a couple to restore sometime. There were several other glass rods made by Chapmans, but so far only the Hunters have come my way. since my original post on the first hunter i had I've had another five, plus the glass ones, all since then I have restored myself, the last one only a few weeks ago, another 12' early version not an SP, but the previous ones were a 14' and three more 12' versions. still one of my favorite rods when gravel pit tench are the target

[BoltonBullfinch]

Did Chapmans make a fiberglass hunter 1000 rod?

Thanks
BB

Yes, Early Phenolic glass with brass ferrules. A similar action and feel to the Edgar sealey 'Black Arrow' of the same time, but a more basic build. I have a couple to restore sometime. There were several other glass rods made by Chapmans, but so far only the Hunters have come my way. since my original post on the first hunter i had I've had another five, plus the glass ones, all since then I have restored myself, the last one only a few weeks ago, another 12' early version not an SP, but the previous ones were a 14' and three more 12' versions. still one of my favorite rods when gravel pit tench are the target

Thanks for that sir, I will keep a eye open for one.

Thanks
BB

[Aquaerial]

Great rods..the 14' is as good as my Olver's tench rods for fishing over reed etc

[Greentura]

Great rods..the 14' is as good as my Olver's tench rods for fishing over reed etc

I found the addition of a brass counterweight to the 14' hunter makes it far more useable

[Banksy]

... I am toying with building a 15' version using the butt and mid sections of a 14' with a FJT roach top section to get the extra length and having a screw in weight to act counterbalance, I have a jerry smith rod with this system (16,18&20' different weight for each length) which can be held all day due to the balance being so good.

Could that be Anglers' World Holidays Terry Smith of Sheffield and his "Scandinavian System" ?
I came across Terry many years ago when I was fishing the River Guden at Resenbro. That man could fish!
I was so impressed with his 20' rod and the ease with which he could handle it, thanks to the huge brass counterweight on the butt, I bought one when I got home.

One of my friend uses the 16' version for fishing the feeder. There you go.

[Greentura]

Yes, Terry not Jerry, is just been chatting with a friend in Holland, Jerry Weigers, about the splendid bottle of whisky he’d sent me for our TART trip to Redmire, slip of the keyboard lol. Yes the Scandinavian system, I saw it in use on Ireland at the Killykeen open in ‘95 I think, booked through Anglers world too, the feeder version was impressive but I have the float version, found on eBay many years ago. Still not got round to the 15’ Hunter conversion, but I have a spare tip ready to try, just need to make a ferrule for it rather than cannibalising they original

[Hyrsch]

Hi to you all,

I have got a little question concerning a hunter 3 piece rod that was offered to me.
The rod seems to be in a very good condition and the seller is stating that the rod was refurbished by Paul Cook.
Is there anyway for me to find out if the latter is true?
Should any supporting paperwork exist or is this not how it’s done by someone like Paul Cook?

The seller said I could contact Paul Cook asking for his name and the rod?

Is this really the only way to find out?

Thanks for your thoughts on this

Kind Regards
Lars

[Pallenpool]

Hi to you all,

I have got a little question concerning a hunter 3 piece rod that was offered to me.
The rod seems to be in a very good condition and the seller is stating that the rod was refurbished by Paul Cook.
Is there anyway for me to find out if the latter is true?
Should any supporting paperwork exist or is this not how it’s done by someone like Paul Cook?

The seller said I could contact Paul Cook asking for his name and the rod?

Is this really the only way to find out?

Thanks for your thoughts on this

Kind Regards
Lars

It’s the most direct route certainly and Paul would most definitely know if he did the refurb.