ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE FISHING RODS: IDENTIFICATION & VALUE GUIDE 4TH EDITIO

ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE FISHING RODS: IDENTIFICATION & VALUE GUIDE 4TH EDITION Authoritative guide to bamboo fly rods, wood, steel and popular fiberglass rods. Includes a brief history of fishing rod materials and construction techniques. Provides detailed illustration and analysis of important design patents granted from 1875 to 1950. Close-up photography of distinctive components assists the reader in identification. Compiled by award winning outdoor writer and photographer D.B. Homel. The author dispels many collecting myths and gives valuable collecting tips necessary in the proper evaluation of rod defects. This new 4th printing is enhanced with a comprehensive, updated price guide. Historical and price data includes the following key bamboo fly rod makers: Winston, Young, Thomas, Powell, Phillipson, Payne, Orvis, Montague, Leonard, Heddon, Hardy, Gillum, Garrison, Edwards, Dickerson, Devine, and Chubb. Many more!WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING"Dan Homel is engaging, appreciative and often irreverent Seth Norman _ Fly Rod and Reel ISBN: 1-879522-07-1 publish date: 11/12/1997