JJS Walker Bampton - "The Lennox" 9'

An old split cane rod "The Lennox", 9 ft 0 in (108 inches) long. 3 sections. Serial number 6784. The cane is in good condition. A few of the whippings can be secured and the varnish shows it's age. The rubber butt is has degraded somewhat.

Marked:

6784
J.J.S. WALKER BAMPTON & Co
MAKERS
ALNWICK

The number '2' is stamped on the two male ferrules (1st photo below).

Written in ink on the cane just above the handle (4th photo below): "The Lennox"

 

 

 

 

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The blog is not dead - Neither am I

I haven't been fishing this year. Just too busy with other projects.

The last few weeks - at the end of Summer and the fishing season, I've become obsessed with fly rods and reels - it's like a drug.

Although I have some really nice cane rods and some excellent carbon rods, I'm still after better cane and I'm still looking at expensive carbon... why oh why?

Reels are even worse. I think that I've bloged about the futility of fly reels - hey this is not Salmon fishing or Permit fishing where performance reels are really needed. We unwind our line and cast it, often not even using the reel when a fish is landed. Why then the obsession with spending a fortune on a machined masterpiece. No logic in that at all, but I still want a better one...

I'm after an authentic usable CC de France (Casting Club de France) Hardy cane rod. Between 7 and 8 feet for stream fishing. And a nice reel to go with it.

Then I'm after a Hardy Swift MkII, probably the Swift MK II 975 H00005 model that is 98mm in diameter. The Hardy Marksman 4/5 or the Marksman 5/6 would also be good with a matching nice new carbon rod.

Still dreaming ....