[tallmanrus]

Ok members i need some help identifying this fishing pole i came across.I went to the fleamarket today to just look around and came across a man with a pile of everything.In the back of his booth laying on the ground was this fishing pole.It just really caught my eye so i asked how much.He told me $ 5.00 .SOLD.I didnt need it but i just liked the way it looked. Heres my question .Do any of you know anything about the pole . All i can read is WONDEROD .It has a BWD 58 on it but everything else is wore off .Just a few pat. # that i can barely read and a large S .I'm guessing the S stands for shakespeare. Another man at the fleamarket was walking by me and asked if he could look at it and he said it was a nice find.They dont make one piece glass rods like that anymore and he walked on. So give me your info,on this nice old rod .....Thanks all ........Robert
P.S......It really needs a good cleaning but dont want to harm the finish ,any sugestions there would be helpfull also .

 

[don3778]

Sorry Robert but I can't help you there. You might try searching on the Shakespear site for the word Wonderod! Just a thought, or you might try to find an antiques site and search under fishing gear for the wonderod.

don3778

 

[dafin]

Shakespear wonderod, there are several on Ebay now

 

[jde512]

http://www.shakespeare-fishing.com/history/index.shtml

See the 1947 entry.