The beginning of the end? An early fibreglass rod

[Deaf Cat]

When I asked Bruce & Walker about mine back in 2011 (via the website) they confirmed that it was an old match rod.

Their website says,

“ Bruce & Walker has been making fishing blanks and rods since 1959. Prior to that, we were known as B. James & Son, which was Jim Bruce Snr's company, making split cane rods in London. For over 60 years we have made everything ourselves; selecting the best raw carbons available, making our own blanks and rods.”

So who knows!

[David]

Hi Deaf Cat. So it looks like as we thought our rods are match rods. It's just a shame there is no one we can ask about the style of ferrules or joins on our rods. They are obviously different from the ferrules of latter rods. I think after giving it some thought that the material my rod, and I think perhaps yours as well, have a stiff action more like carbon than glass. What do you think ?

[Nobby]

Without going through 6 pages of this thread, did anyone put up this link before?

It's a bit hidden on their website and I thought at first it had gone, but it is still there under: About Us, scroll down: Historical Rod Information




http://www.bruceandwalker.co.uk/files/6 ... Series.pdf


I think CTM stood for Competition Match Taper. ??? Obviously not quite what you have but it gives you an idea of the range they offered.

[Nobby]

I know how to send the photos but it says that all my files are too large to send. What I have tried to do is make the images smaller in the way that was described to me but it did not work. Therefor I still can't send them

Depending on what program you are using you might resize your images on Windows with Paint, which is on all OS's.

There is also now a resizer in Windows10 and in Windows Power Toys.

[David]

Hi I will get the wife to have a look at it. I can send and answer texts/messages but that's about it. She does all the computer things and after all it is her comp I'm playing with.

[Champ]

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I think that it may have been Compound Taper Match.

[MWithell]

I understood it to mean Compound Taper Match

[Deaf Cat]

I have just seen something elsewhere that makes me think the rod is made from phenolic glass fibre - the early version of glass fibre that was discontinued because of the carcinogenic nature of the manufacturing chemicals.

This might also account for the gunky brown colour!

[David]

Perhaps we should put the brown rods away and forget about them.

[JAA]

Perhaps we should put the brown rods away and forget about them.

Currently rebuilding a 'brown' Winfield Specimen Fisher 106, so I'll hang on a bit