Back in 1983, I was in Seattle on a business trip. I lodged at a downtown hotel, so after an early dinner I went for a walk and happened on to a Eddie Bauer store.
I had been looking for a travel fly rod for some time and Eddie Bauer had the perfect rod for my needs. It's a 4 piece, 8', 6 weight fiber glass rod in a 24" aluminum case.
As luck would have it I only had an opportunity to use it one time, so it has been in storage for more than thirty years.
A few years back I gave all my fly fishing gear to my daughter, but overlooked the Bauer rod. When I discovered it - I considered selling it on Ebay. I did some research, and learned it was made by premier California fly rod maker J. kennedy Fisher.
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| The writing on these two rods leaves no doubt about who the maker is. |
After learning its collector value I decided to hang on to it just in case I might want to do some fly fishing at some future date.
This has been a long hard winter for several reasons, so I'm planning on doing a little fly fishing on the upper Owens River when trout season opens.
I even bought the perfect reel to match up with my old Fisher made Bauer rod. It's a 3 1/2", 6 weight, Hardy Brothers Princess from the late 1960s.
See you on the river.
Hey there Drifting Cowboy....My name's Arden and I just came across the two rod set of Eddie Bauer made by Fisher fly rods.There's a 9' and 6'9" rod,and both are interchangeable to actually create four different setups.The 9' can either by a 4wt or a 6wt depending what tip you put on it ,and the 6'9" rod is the same.I'm just looking for any information about this set-up,being that I can basically find none.If by chance you do know a little about this ,would you mind getting back to me at armourarden@gmail.com I'd sure appreciate it bud......Thank you
ReplyDeleteSorry, I don't have anything helpful to add. Good luck in your quest.
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