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My generous neighbor brought over what he called a “bonus”, to follow the gift of the Weber MONOGRAM rod: his grandfather’s aluminum fly box, containing some flies; and some vintage-looking rifle reloading implements.
The box itself I have started to clean up and restore, as the foam rubber material inside had petrified. Below are pictured the flies. Large flies, I would say, for fishing in Big Country. And the reloading items. As it turns out, his maternal grandfather, George Alden Crandall (1906-1989), of Connecticut, farmed; was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; had a military career, then became a guide and sporting goods wholesaler based out of Casper, Wyoming. Below is a photo of Colonel Crandall (standing to the left), on Peleliu Island, in 1945.
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01-18-2020, 07:54 PM | #84 | ||||||
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I saw a box of flies from the 1930's for trout on the North Branch of Michigan's Au Sable River. They were nearly the size of golf balls -red, green, blue and yellow. Today, your flies nearly have to be anatomically correct. We've sure taught the trout well. Same thing with running phez and grouse.
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01-18-2020, 09:22 PM | #85 | ||||||
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I see Humpy’s, Adamses, Bivisibles, Royal Coachmen, and several others. Standards of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.
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01-19-2020, 10:17 AM | #86 | ||||||
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Nice stuff Russell. The reloading gear looks like it’s for muzzle loaders.
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01-19-2020, 10:24 AM | #87 | ||||||
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Good stuff. I have a vintage patch remover just like that for my 1842 .69cal Springfield musket. I have the modern version of that same main spring clamp also.
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I now have the blessing of my neighbor, and the muzzle-loading items will be donated to the PGCA Silent Auction that will be held at the April annual meeting.
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02-15-2020, 08:13 AM | #89 | ||||||
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Back to the Parker-Hawes fly rod.
I retrieved my repaired rod yesterday from the Carlson [split cane] Rod Company. Dana Gray, the owner and hands-on rod builder is also a collector of various sporting artifacts. He does not own a Parker-Hawes rod, per se, which brand he holds in high esteem; but he did show me a Parker-Hawes 1 ½ -foot long rod butt section, displayed with a vintage reel mounted on it. It had been owned by Hoagy Carmichael. I note in the PARKER PAGES, Winter 2010 article, entitled THE PARKER-HAWES ROD (by Bruce Day, Charles Herzog, Mike Kobos, Paul Narlesky, and Louis Parker III) that not all of the issued rods of that partnership had a serial number; however, this rod had one stamped into the metal on the butt. What should be of interest to any Parker-Hawes rod owner (or would-be one) is that Dana possesses the Parker-Hawes factory records, which he had purchased at auction, and had been owned by Martin J. Keane.
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02-15-2020, 08:50 AM | #90 | ||||||
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Thanks for that excellent information Russell.
Where is the Carlson Rod Co.? .
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