Need help finding a fly guide

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Re: Need help finding a fly guide

Posted by: Peter Appel (70.158.139.---)

Date: May 07, 2009 05:54PM

Hi Scott,

The guide you have is called a trumpet, or bell guide. Used primarily from about 1880 to 1930. Most of these were used on bait casting rods rather than fly rods - bait casting rods in that time frame were typically 8 1/2 to 10 ft. long (the Henshall pattern from the early 1880s was 8 ft. 3 in.).
Some manufacturers, such as Horrocks-Ibbottson, made the grip with a female ferrule at each end, so that it could be used with the reel above the hand as a bait-casting rod, or below the hand as a fly rod. Most true fly rods of that time used a loose ring guide, like a modern loose ring hook keeper. If you could get me some dimensions (i.d and overall length), I'll root around and see if I've got a match.

Best Regards,

Pete Appel

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