Bluegill Fly Rodders

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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on July 27, 2013 at 8:34am

nose grease, here. My dad showed me that trick many years ago.
If I wanted something "modern" I'd go with silicone grease...
a very thin amount. Even no-stick cooking spray would work.

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on July 27, 2013 at 8:15am

PAUL you are right about the dirt being picked up!!!!! That's the one down side to what I"ve been using and the nose grease is an old bamboo users remedy and forgot about that . I will try that today and WD also and post my results in an hour or so, THANKS......

Comment by paul sach on July 27, 2013 at 8:11am

Try using nose grease, or a touch of bee's wax, i use nose grease often on the ferrules of my bamboo fly rods, it works fine for me, don't like the commercial applications picks up to much dirt and grime ...
Paul

Comment by John Sheehan on July 27, 2013 at 8:02am

great question Tooty .I just separated that ferrule on the garage sale 'Action Rod' and glued back the female section .Now I want to make sure it doesn't get stuck again when I use it . Would a little WD40 serve well you think ?

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on July 27, 2013 at 7:56am

HEY DAVID OR ANYONE ELSE: WHAT if anything do you lubricate ferrules with on the older rods with metal ferrules? Sometimes when almost new or new they are a very tight fit and almost impossible to get apart. I use some stuff called Imperial Sizing Die Wax. An oooooooooold time product still made today but hard to find .....

Comment by Ray Ditzenberger on July 26, 2013 at 9:05pm

These under the rod spincast reels were not cheap either. I believe they were like $35 or $40 dollars and that was also a lot of money back then.......and yes $175 for a rod was quite expensive. Fenwick's were only about $50 back then and they were considered highend rods. Back then I don't ever remember ever seeing anybody with a flyrod while on the water. Most fellas in my area were still drowning worms.

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on July 26, 2013 at 3:03pm

VERY INTERESTING BLOG DAVID!!!!! AS YOU ALREADY know I'm a Shakesepeare nut of the first order. The old spin cast reels that Shakespeare made that hung under the rod with closed faces you did indeed pull back on the handle to cast if memory serves me. The also made specific rods for these reels and they had an offset handle , another words more cork in the front portion of the grip and about 4-5 rings of cork on the back. Originally I think they made em for Steel head fishing and the reels to match these rods were significant in their day because of the innovation of no push button...... Ya gotta remember one thing of importance when talking about Shakespeare, back in the day they were the leaders of innovation and willing to experiment with different applications of technology. 

   THE DOCTOR HOWALD PURIST FLY ROD was the prime example of it when in 1965 or there abouts Shakespeare was the first in the industry to use Titanium as a ferrule material and only used it on one rod . When all the other rods were selling for about $30-40 the Howald Purist was $175 . That was alot of money back in the mid 60's for a fishing rod. These rods are not meant to be confused with regular Purist rods from Shakespeare. WOuld really love to get my hands on one of the Howald Purist's because in all my years of collecting have never seen one in person , only pics...........

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on July 26, 2013 at 2:27pm

PS keep the rubber drag washer in good shape on those reels, Ray.
A little Vaseline is enough.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on July 26, 2013 at 2:25pm

I seek out older Shakespeare gear, too, along with South Bend. From the late fifties until production shifted to China, I don't think there was any better. At least not for the everyday angler.
Some matched these; Johnson comes to mind as one example. But
I have never felt my focus on these was misplaced.

The Shakespeare/South Bend spincast reels were maintenance
"needy." But if you did your part to keep them clean and lubed,
they did their job.

Comment by Ray Ditzenberger on July 26, 2013 at 1:39pm

I had forgotten that about the drag. I still have my old first spincast Shakespeare reel that Mom bought me for Xmas when I was about 8 or 10 and the drag on it was adjusted in the same fashion. How could I have forgot that. Man, I was proud of that rod and reel outfit. .....Probably 10 years later the tip of the rod got broken and I sent it to Shakespeare for repairs and they replaced it with a whole new tip section at no charge. I was quite happy about it too. ...My first flyrod outfit was Shakespeare too and I still have both outfits.

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