Anyone ever hear of glass rod named yelowstone special?
Thanks for any help.
Bill
Thanks for any help.
Bill
photo by jgestar Very early Fenwick FF84 |
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Posts: 1 (11/25/09 00:29:19) |
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Posts: 4274 (11/25/09 01:12:24) ezOP |
Bill,
Welcome to the Fiberglass Flyrodders! I think the rod was sold by Abercrombie and Fitch. It was built by Phillipson for them. As near as I can tell, the Yellowstone was a Phillipson Master with different paint and wrap colors. Can you post a photo by any chance? Tom |
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Sport
Posts: 2 (11/25/09 08:16:03) |
Tom,
Thanks for the welcome, I am in the process of organizing my STUFF OMG and will get photos up and running in the next few hrs. Thanks Again, Bill |
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Sport
Posts: 3 (11/25/09 08:26:33) |
Correction on the name it is a Yellowstone Custom not Yellowstone Special, MY bad Sorry folks. Reel Seat looks identical to a H I rod?
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Posts: 4275 (11/25/09 10:59:34) ezOP |
Bill,
I borrowed this photo of forum member Jeffsod holding a bass and his A&F Yellowstone. It shows the reelseat, grip, and label fairly well. Does it look like the same rod? Tom 
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Master Guide
Posts: 1083 (11/25/09 11:28:48) |
Tom,
Is that an elongated grip on that Phillipson? |
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Master Guide
Posts: 1268 (11/25/09 12:14:48) |
That rod is 8ft Abercrombie & Fitch and I think the grip length is the same as other 8ft Phillipsons I have. The model is not the Yellowstone though it is a Featherlight. I think the yellowstone blanks are more yellow than mine. |
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Posts: 5 (11/25/09 15:20:55) |
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Posts: 4279 (11/26/09 00:30:02) ezOP |
Nope. That's not a A&F rod sourced from Phillipson. Can you take a photo of the grip/reelseat and perhaps the ferrules? Those are sometimes unique
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Tom |
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Posts: 48 (11/26/09 09:32:01) |
I have a A & F 7 1/2 yellowstone----sweet rod---cast a 5 wt beaurifully---as for color, if any of you are as old as me, it is the color gold like
oldsmobile had in the late 50's----show my age
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Posts: 2601 (11/28/09 21:17:03) |
Heres my 7 1/2ft Phillipson / A & F for identification
The Yellowstone Custom might be an early H I or Montague, the Hexel weave glass looks like what they were using in the very early 1950s as does the use of a bamboo era fly keeper and the veragated two color wrap on the fly keeper. Richard |
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