Rod Rebuild

[Tom S]

Finished up a rod rebuild that I've been working on for quite a while now. It's an Algonquin 9'6" 9wt fly rod, it would have been made in Toronto area in the late 70's to early 80's using Fenwick components. I picked it up from a yard sale, it was pretty beat up and looked like it might have been used for Salmon flossing as it had damage to the ferrules that had been somewhat repaired with electrical tape. I kept the original reel seat, even through it's a bit banged up it is fully functional and keeps a connection to the original rod.

 

Work done includes:

-Strip down to bare blank

-Replacing the cork with a proper Fenwick grip

-New metal winding check

-New guides, wrapped with back thread with a white three-turn inlay

 

This rod also has an extension for the grip that fits into a socket on the end of the reel seat and should allow some switch casting as well. Looking forward to getting it out on the water.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 1, 2017 by Tom S

[Roe Bag]

Nicely done! Had 9 1/2' 6/7 weight Algonquin fly rod with a Shakespeare Under spin reel. My first steelhead rod back in the 70's.

Pretty much the only thing over 7' long back in those days. How times change.

[misfish]

Thats BEAUTIFUL.

[Tom S]

Thanks. I think I will try to get some better pictures, I'm still trying to figure out how to take a good picture of the whole rod.

[Spiel]

That came out real sweet Tom, well done.

I too owned a few Algonquin fly rods back in the day.

[bruce50]

Very nice job!

[esoxansteel]

nice to see some retro gear, well done

[FloatnFly]

i have a couple of my grandpas old fenwick algonquin fly rods hanging on the wall. used one as my first fly rod a few years ago.

[J Roelofsen]

Nice work Tom! Looks good

 

Josh

[HTHM]

Well done sir! Gonna want to see it in person.