i have a number of old (California Tackle) Sabre rods that I'm going to re-wrap. Since there old rods are getting to be pretty collectible (at least on the West Coast) I wanted to properly ID them while I was at it. Saw some rods at the Fred Hall show that were going for $200+, so I think they're worth the effort, plus I think those old glass rods are still pretty cool. They are all the yellow blanks, and I was wondering if anyone had a old spec sheet with length, butt & tip diameter, and maybe wall thickness. My guess is that these are from the 70's, so anyone with any info would be appreciated. I do know some of the numbers are similar to the Cal Star and Seeker blanks, but I didn't know if they were identical or not. Appreciate whatever help i can get.

My catalog doesn't have wall thicknesses in it. Don't think there is any PDFs of this stuff, wouldn't it be easier to just tell us what you have? It may still be copyrighted.

Seeker and Calstar split the California Tackle machinery, mandrels, etc... A 670 is a 20-50lb in all three flavors, as are 270's, 870's, etc... Butt and tip diameter may change by a hair between the three, but I don't think any have published wall thicknesses that I've ever seen. If you've got a Sabre number that will cross to a new Calstar number, you've pretty much got your specs.

Mark Griffin
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C&M Custom Tackle
San Dimas, California

First rod I'm doing is 6'4", .719 butt, 6/64 tip. Looks close to a 195H-6 Seeker, anybody have any ideas on what the old SABRE number might have been?