Thanks for any help.
Bill
photo by jgestar Very early Fenwick FF84 |
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Anyone ever hear of glass rod named yelowstone special?
Thanks for any help. Bill |
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jgestar |
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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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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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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?
Bill |
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jgestar |
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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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keebranch |
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Tom,
Is that an elongated grip on that Phillipson? |
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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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pic here | ||
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jgestar |
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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
for a given rod maker.
Tom |
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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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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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