ANOTHER ASPINDALE FOR THE COLLECTION
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 8:05 pm
Good evening all,
I have managed to add another Aspindale rod to my collection of their rods, the rod is called The Uskdale, I would be pleased to receive your comments on what you think the rod was intended for. It was advertised as a "split cane salmon fly rod", well, from the photo I could see that it was definitely not a fly rod. I also sent the seller a question asking if the tip section was split cane or fibre glass, he replied that the rod was fully split cane, I arranged to collect the rod as it was only about twenty minuets from home and when I arrived there his wife handed it to me in a cardboard tube and asked if I wanted to look at it. As I had bought it anyway and handed over the £20 that it cost, I didn't bother until I arrived home. What a job I had getting it out of the tube, the inside of the tube was only about one inch in diameter and the rod was also wrapped in bubble rap and it was so tight inside I ended up having to cut the tube away to get it out !
Anyway once the rod was out I could see that my suspicion was correct, the tip section is actually fibre glass, this doesn't bother me as I am 99.99% sure that that is how it was built in the first place, all of the whippings are matching and the male ends of the joints are both the same with the bayonet type ends. The butt and middle sections are both 50 inches in length and the tip section is 48 inches, which gives a total length of 12ft 2", the cork handle including the rubber button is 21", it has sliding reel fittings, the rings are low bells chrome with a lined tip ring. The script on the butt section reads :- Dalesman Reg. No. 682315, The Uskdale, By Jas. Aspindale & Son, Redditch Eng.
My thought is that it was intended to be a spinning rod ? I would welcome your opinions on that. I think though that I will be happy to use it as a general all round rod.
A couple of pictures of the rod, sorry about the one attempting to show the script, it is very difficult to take a good picture as it has a very dark varnish and the black writing does not show up that well.
Hope it is of interest.
Regards,
John
I have managed to add another Aspindale rod to my collection of their rods, the rod is called The Uskdale, I would be pleased to receive your comments on what you think the rod was intended for. It was advertised as a "split cane salmon fly rod", well, from the photo I could see that it was definitely not a fly rod. I also sent the seller a question asking if the tip section was split cane or fibre glass, he replied that the rod was fully split cane, I arranged to collect the rod as it was only about twenty minuets from home and when I arrived there his wife handed it to me in a cardboard tube and asked if I wanted to look at it. As I had bought it anyway and handed over the £20 that it cost, I didn't bother until I arrived home. What a job I had getting it out of the tube, the inside of the tube was only about one inch in diameter and the rod was also wrapped in bubble rap and it was so tight inside I ended up having to cut the tube away to get it out !
Anyway once the rod was out I could see that my suspicion was correct, the tip section is actually fibre glass, this doesn't bother me as I am 99.99% sure that that is how it was built in the first place, all of the whippings are matching and the male ends of the joints are both the same with the bayonet type ends. The butt and middle sections are both 50 inches in length and the tip section is 48 inches, which gives a total length of 12ft 2", the cork handle including the rubber button is 21", it has sliding reel fittings, the rings are low bells chrome with a lined tip ring. The script on the butt section reads :- Dalesman Reg. No. 682315, The Uskdale, By Jas. Aspindale & Son, Redditch Eng.
My thought is that it was intended to be a spinning rod ? I would welcome your opinions on that. I think though that I will be happy to use it as a general all round rod.
A couple of pictures of the rod, sorry about the one attempting to show the script, it is very difficult to take a good picture as it has a very dark varnish and the black writing does not show up that well.
Hope it is of interest.
Regards,
John