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[/quote] and a rod called The Heron.There may have been a couple more with bird names that were on an early leaflet that i gave away years ago ...[/quote]

A Mallard was on sale recently,so thats two to add.I,m sure there was a sea? rod called the Comorant.I have been told that there might have been one called the Swan.The Mallard and Heron that i saw had the name in a gold label.Lets see if we can complete a full list gents.

There is an Esmond Drury fly rod for sale at the moment and i think they made a fly rod called the Fayne.

Mallard,Heron,and Esmond Drury fly can be added if you so wish Mark.Apparently thy may also be a rod called the swallow.Three piece split cane.

There were two stillwater fly rods also,the Chew and the Blagdon,both were 9 foot 6 ins. what the difference was I've no idea,although I've waggled both it was never at the same time to enable comparison.

I own a B James 'The Fayne' so you can add that to the list

RAA wrote:I own a B James 'The Fayne' so you can add that to the list

Never heard of that one RAA, I will add it to the list, welcome to the forum by the way. :thumb:

Champ wrote:There is an Esmond Drury fly rod for sale at the moment and i think they made a fly rod called the Fayne.

Mallard,Heron,and Esmond Drury fly can be added if you so wish Mark.

Ive double checked these last three did exist also. :thumb: ...

Thanks Champ, they will be added to the list. :thumb:

Have we had the Kennet Perfection fly rod?

I don't think so Jerry, so was there a Kennet Perfection fly rod as well as a Kennet Perfection coarse rod.

Apparently so (unsustantiated?), although I spent a lot of time at the Ealing shop in the 50's I've never heard of, or seen one, myself but I was not much of a fluff chucker in those days. I noticed it on another web site a couple of years ago and it stuck in the mind as unusual - link below.
Jerry
http://www.inthenetuk.com/pages/VintageRods_BJames.asp