old cane rod

[kennyboybass]

friend of mine has a fly rod which belonged to her father, the rod is unused but the make is foreign its made by weiss its a cane rod with a number of top pieces the price is still attached to it (4s and sixpence)anyone got any ideas what its worth or any other information on the make?

[argyll]

I would say about 4s 6d !!!

 

Seriously. The better cane rods of the last 70-80 years were either British by Hardy , Farlowes or by a few well known US makers. Most cane fly rods during this period were made in Japan from 1945-60,literally 100s of 1000s. They were initially taken home by the allied army of occupation and later exported by the truckload. To make them more palatable the origin was sometimes marked 'foreign' not 'japan' and the brand names were european sounding. Its highly likely that your friends rod is one of these. Or its an unknown european brand made in germany or austria after the war. The price sounds like that era. Either way there are a large number in circulation and the value is low. You can pick them up in good condition for as little as £20-30. Unless its a family heirloom best thing to do is sell it via Ebay.co.uk. Value will be whatever someone is prepared to pay for it.

 

[ 31. July 2004, 02:50 PM: Message edited by: argyll ]

[kennyboybass]

Many thanks Argyll it does say weiss(foreign)written on the butt and he was probably in the last war