Old gear.

[wiseguy67]

splitcane 4

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splitcane 5

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splitcane 6

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splitcane 7

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splitcane 8

[wiseguy67]

The Richard Walker is a example of the finest craftsmans work with cane. To handle the rod is awesome, I fished a lot for trout in canada and to use such a rod would make shivers run down a grown mans back in regards to its sensitivity, I presume the maker designed it to relay the lightest movement as well as handle the largest fish. The carp they caught with these rods were in the double digit range I think the largest was around 50lbs.... for such a light rod its hard to imagine but then thats where cane and miles of wrapping come into play; the rod has wrapping right from the base to the tip. AWESOME.

[fishsmith]

Certainly brings back some memories of fishing the Murray River in South Aust as a kid some of that gear. The shakephere rod ,pre rigged corks and the old centrepin type bakerlite reels...Top gear collection there fella's......Cheers Smithy...

[zedjack33]

[DaveSue_Fishos_Two]

Beautiful old gear. I would love some of that stuff! Probably can't afford it at the moment though.........but when we get the new house and the pool room...........................................

Dave

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[Dodge41]

zedjack

think the wire spoked affair was a line drier for either fly line or cuttyhunk [cord]

I'm old enough to have used some of that gear the bamboo [used to get a set in it] rods were common, and split cane rods were top of the line

looking at it now Ijust shake my head

Cheers mate

[Big_unit]

Had this set up given to me aaaaalllooooongg #time ago. Line is connected to the centre, the arms all have hooks braised to them and all can pivot up to the centre. I have no idea what this was used for. Anyone have a guess?

Its a gaff.

Cheers
James