10-25-2008, 12:05 AM
[quote BigFishingShop]I'm gonna bid on a vintage Ted Williams Combo with Silaflex rod here in minutes, no size mentioned but researched thoroughly the completed listings and read a bunch about Silaflex (making a comeback) so regardless of what It actually is I am buying, I know It is a quick turnaround investment if nothing else.
Guess there are glass rod only folks out there will use nothing else and I love glass, no replacement for my glass radio tubed guitar amp and glass boats of course.
cant tell if reel is self rewind, hoping not, dont think it is, will let you know,
BFS [fishin]
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Silaflex's were built in the '50's and Browning bought them in the early '60's.
I think they were a front runner in the development of the newer, lighter glass rods that Phillipson and Fenwick eventually built in the mid 50's and 60's. The Browning Silaflex later had the aluminum ferrules and o-rings. In the 70's Browning came out with glass ferrules to replace the metal ferrules. They built them (glass fly rods) I think until about 1990. Now I'm not sure if there was a TW model of Silaflex, it seemed Ted put his name on just about everthing, but the main seller for TW products was Sears Roebucks for quite a while. I think the TW name sold a lot of product. Martin reel had TW's name on, There was True Temper Ted Williams rods. I've also heard he at one time had Paul H. Young build some cane rods with the TW name on them. Good luck on the bidding.
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Guess there are glass rod only folks out there will use nothing else and I love glass, no replacement for my glass radio tubed guitar amp and glass boats of course.
cant tell if reel is self rewind, hoping not, dont think it is, will let you know,
BFS [fishin]
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Silaflex's were built in the '50's and Browning bought them in the early '60's.
I think they were a front runner in the development of the newer, lighter glass rods that Phillipson and Fenwick eventually built in the mid 50's and 60's. The Browning Silaflex later had the aluminum ferrules and o-rings. In the 70's Browning came out with glass ferrules to replace the metal ferrules. They built them (glass fly rods) I think until about 1990. Now I'm not sure if there was a TW model of Silaflex, it seemed Ted put his name on just about everthing, but the main seller for TW products was Sears Roebucks for quite a while. I think the TW name sold a lot of product. Martin reel had TW's name on, There was True Temper Ted Williams rods. I've also heard he at one time had Paul H. Young build some cane rods with the TW name on them. Good luck on the bidding.
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