While I put together a trip report from yesterday’s sortie to a gorgeous small stream in an alpine valley, enjoy this tidbit sent to us by Alert Underground Reader & Espresso Drinker Murdock (of flyfishmagazine.com fame).
Yes, my readers, it’s yet another bamboo item — this one looking like something the Professor would cook up on Gilligan’s Island.
The Bamboo Buggy, complete with throne and parasol. I’d look good in one of these…
I would look so damned cool as I was chauffeured from one Upper Sacramento access point to another in the back of this (I especially like the bamboo parasol thing, though one wonders how that would fare at freeway speeds).
Imagine the looks from the bamboo-deprived anglers as I pull up for the evening hatch; they’d stare at my car and my bamboo uber-fly rods, then look at the sad graphite sticks in their hands, and know they’d already been bested.
At least that’s how it would happen in my rich fantasy life. Lord knows that could come true at any time. See you at the bamboo ranch, Tom Chandler.
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how many 7 foot rods do you make with this car?
jejeje jose(Quote)
Tom,
I just stumbled across a J.C. Higgins bamboo rod with J.C. Higgins reel. Three piece, with two tip sections. The tips have taken a slight set, one worse than the other. Owner has owned it his entire life, and never fished it; I believe it is over 60 years old meaning it was made no later than sometime around 1947, or earlier. Can’t tell what weight it is, but by the looks of the line, about a 4 wt., or 5 at most. Also, the ferrules are oxidized, so I can’t put it together to see how long it is. No info on the rod, except that it is a J.C. Higgins 3001.
Is it worth giving to a bamboo guy to re-hab? Kentucky Jim(Quote)
I recently bought a J.C.Higgins#3002 bamboo fly rod at an estate sale for #15.00. It is in excellent shape, being stored in a sock inside an aluminum tube. It even came with the extra tip. Do you know what wt rod this model is? Any info on this rod would be appreciated. I was thinking of using it. Robert Walker(Quote)
P.S. The rod is a 9 footer. Robert Walker(Quote)
I’ve had a JC Higgins 3034 Fly Rod and cloth case. I don’t know what year it is. Can you tell me? Mark Hale(Quote)
Robert: Sorry I missed your post the first time around. The JC Higgins rods were built by several different manufacturers, so I have no way of knowing which is which.
If it’s a 9 footer, then try it with a 6wt or 7wt.
Mark: I couldn’t begin to guess at the year of manufacture. The Higgins rods weren’t like the Phillipsons, which all pretty much came out the same factory door. Tom Chandler(Quote)