QuestionI HAVE A ROD MARKED HELLY'S MUSKY THRILLER ROD AND ALSO WES WETTERGREN CAN YOU GIVE ME ANY INFO ON THIS BAMBOO CALUATTA HEAVY 1920s FISHING ROD?? ANY INFO WILL HELP I HAD IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND WANT TO KNOW WHO THE EXACT MAKER AND POSSIBLE VALUE OF THIS ROD
AnswerDarren,
Sorry I looked in my books* and my memories and find no Helly's or Wettergren rod. Most of the value n bamboo rods is in trout bamboo fly rods. I doubt there is a market for it.
* Antique & Collectable Fishing Rods: Identification & Value Guide Homel, Dan. 1997
Suggestion , put pictures together and send them to a friend of mine,the Gnome .He wrote a book on antique rods :
Rod Crafting A Full-Color Pictorial & Written History from 1843-1960 Jeffrey L. Hatton
Softbound: 305 pp.
Frank Amato Publications, $45
ISBN 1-57188-356-8
email :
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Good Luck
Mac