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Hello all (again) help please,I saw a rod today and I wrote down as much info as I could,Bob james and sons.10ft.bamboo.mark 1V.AVON G.compound taper.it is darkish brown,has 8 eyes and the bottom eye has a pink liner,it has a lot of intermediate whippings,looks like glass to me ,but what do I know,Any help please .

The G denotes Glass not Bamboo. It sounds like a standard B James Glass Avon. Nice enough.

Barbulus wrote:The G denotes Glass not Bamboo. It sounds like a standard B James Glass Avon. Nice enough.

So pleased you repied,Thanks,I did think that the G could mean glass,maybe I'm not so stupid after all,They are asking £70 in the shop for it,could that be because they think it cane or do you think that is a fair price for glass,Thanks

If it's not cracked and the ferrules are OK and overall it's looking good - eyes and such like and is also the correct length - £ 70 is exactly what I sold one for recently. Seems a fair price to me for the G version. You can get them a little less and some folk will want even more but £ 70 is sort of mid range for a good useable no damage G Avon from James. A cane version might be in the £ 180 to £ 250 bracket with some variation. Personally I would buy it if not damaged. Ask if they will take £ 50. No farm asking. You then have a good useable rod with a nice action as well.

I have purchased 3 rods in the past they were the BJames in association with Bruce and Walker MKIV G compound taper carp rods two of the rods have the pink lined rings, tip and butt the other has the amber coloured. 2 of the rods had the plastic still on the handle which I removed. I paid £50 for eachof them. Hope this helps

Barbulus wrote:If it's not cracked and the ferrules are OK and overall it's looking good - eyes and such like and is also the correct length - £ 70 is exactly what I sold one for recently. Seems a fair price to me for the G version. You can get them a little less and some folk will want even more but £ 70 is sort of mid range for a good useable no damage G Avon from James. A cane version might be in the £ 180 to £ 250 bracket with some variation. Personally I would buy it if not damaged. Ask if they will take £ 50. No farm asking. You then have a good useable rod with a nice action as well.

Thanks once again,i love this forum,It is a good looking rod and I felt that they were asking top wack for it. The same shop had a taperflash for £40 and would not take a offer,4 months later I got it for £28(which was still a bit dear I think)But I was over the moon ,you know the feeling when you want something,£70 is way out of my league,Maybe I will wait a few months and get it for £40, it will be a long 4 months.Thanks for your help, I appreciate it.

Loop Erimder wrote:I have purchased 3 rods in the past they were the BJames in association with Bruce and Walker MKIV G compound taper carp rods two of the rods have the pink lined rings, tip and butt the other has the amber coloured. 2 of the rods had the plastic still on the handle which I removed. I paid £50 for eachof them. Hope this helps

Thankyou so much for reply,it has helped.Happy days

I sold one for £65. It was very good with the odd surface mark but nothing serious. it had the original bag in good condition. The B&W are nice rods but I prefer the Richard Walker glass rod from Hardy.

What about my other post about the chubb rod,in the same shop,any help on that one please,

The Bruce and Walker 'G' rods are excellent, I have a pair of the carp version and a pair of the Avon version. Good, hardworking, durable rods. If it is in good condition it will soon be sold, they are the next generation of traditional rods. :-)