Questioni have a question about a bamboo fly rod. the bottom reads "john krider, maker, philadelphia." i know he was well known for guns and they are popular, but i wasnt sure about his fishing rods. it has four sections, each being about 40 inches long. two of the sections have little eyelets at the top. whereas some bamboo rods sit loosely in a metal or cardboard round case, this sits in a piece of bamboo carved out to hold each piece and has a band or ribbon that ties in four places. it then sits in a type of pouch. i was just wondering the aproximate value of the pole. a friend wanted to sell it for a hundred bucks. i told him he was nuts. thanks for your time..
AnswerEddie,
You can read about John Krider at:
http://antiquefishingreels.info/Articles/Krider/Krider4.html
This rod is too old for me . I stop at the 19th century as do my books. I am a bamboo trout fly rod man but I know some guys . One in particular is Jeff 揋nome?Hatton -
Gnomish Rod Works Paonia, CO email
[email protected]
He has written a great book "Rod Crafting A Full-Color Pictorial & Written History from 1843-1960 " which I own and has allot of wooden rods in it and he knows these really old rods pretty well. If you contact him tell him Mac from Denver sent you.
