jim

Don't miss your chance. There is (supposedly) only one like it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...omMakeTra ck=
true

or ebay number 7135033410

Jim Ray
and I bet the owner is wishing he hadn't busted the tip in the trunk hinge
of his Benz!

riverman

I'm not sure if I'd pay $3000 for an Orvis rod if Jesus fished with it.

--riverman
(his water pitcher, on the other hand....)

wayne knight

Thank you for thinking of me Jim. Even if I had an interest in it, the
owner has an emotional value on the rod that does not match the market
value. While Orvis sells a decent bamboo stick, I never have been a fan
of impregnated bamboo and rarely think they should receive a premium. I
have cane rods from Wintson and T&T bought before their prices hit the
$2K level and would not even consider one of them now that they get $3K
for one.

If I want a Lee Wulff inspired fly rods, I'll buy one direct from the
Wulff clan, I believe they are asking something significantly less.

Just proves it, BMW's have special hinges which do not attract cane rod
tips.

Wayne
When you get right down to it, in most things in life, there's nothing
exactly like most things in life.

jim

And the real shocker is... no one else wanted to either!

Maybe the owner didn't put enough emphasis on "rare"?
Jim Ray

rw

You could have had this one for $900.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

wayne knight

Guess I'm just a cheap bastard.

rw

You just don't appreciate the transcendent qualities of a fine cane rod. :-)

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

charlie wilson

It isn't a great deal at nine bones. I picked one up about five years
ago for $350 (without the CFOIII, which goes for about $125 used). Mine
probably hasn't been out of the tube in past four years, and if it is the
best rod that guy ever fished with, I'd say it must be the only rod he ever
fished with.

rdean3remove

As the hollow ring of 12 ghostly F-87 1/2 Sabretigger engines echo through the
halls of ROFF...

jr

Yep. A little more than nine hundred will getcha 2 cheap Bastards
(though the name seems to have gone by the board, which is
something of a shame).....

http://www.gink.com/GG-Products-Rod-GehrkesBlonde.html

BTW, ran across this a few days ago. Dated, but not without interest:

http://www.about-flyfishing.com/library/weekly/aa090299.htm

JR