14 - SANDY (Ore.) POST Thurs., Ma saAi 1 , 1971 (Sec. 1)
G e o rg e M a c A le v y
century, and the modem en
You varnished a rod with the
tries in this material are still fingers Some of the more
the best. To hold this position, artistic anglers of the day in
the introduction of im sisted that the only proper way
pregnation was an important to apply varnish to a rod was
factor. To buy a non- with a pigeon feather
impregnated bai., joo rod today
Not just any old varnish
would be foolish. The many would do either. Special rod
precautions necessary to keep varnishes were available, and
an older bamboo rod in fishing their m akers kept the
condition take more time and ingredients secret
Floor
effort than a lot of us have to varnish wore well but stiffened
spend We want to use our the rod Spar varnish was too
spare time fishing, not getting soft. Varnish made of natural
ready to fish.
dammar resin was one of the
These old bamboo rods had to best. This is the same dammar
be thoroughly dried and aired varnish used by artists to
after any outing before they protect the surface of finished
could be put away. Otherwise works.
the glue would deteriorate and
In my Pennsylvania days, all
the strips separate. All the these winter rod chores were
defense against moisture lie in welcomed. It was a long dry
the outer shell of varnish. spell between the close of bass
Annual revarnishing was a season in November and the
must, and as an accumulation opening of trout season in mid
of this built up in spots every April When wind driven snow
few years it was necessary to beat against the house, icy
strip the rod, rewrap all the roads made travel next to
guides, reset the ferrules, and impossible. On clear nights, ice
give the entire rod several skating was a good recreation,
coats of varnish.
hut any night was a good one to
GETTING FLIES ready for the spring
fishing season are an important part of
equipment repair work which fishermen
are now going through before the opening
GEORGE MacALEVY gets his poles ready
for the upcoming spring trout season. He
has many poles and has taken part in
fishing most of his life. “I throw back most
of the fish I catch unless they are really big
ones," he claims.
< Post photo,
RENO
ending ex- materials, and in English rod
season in the making firms have persisted
e of wet fly into this century. As recently as
Jry fly and 1935, some rods of these
ossession of materials were listed in one
i.
English firms catalogue,
ackle should
When Bamboo first entered
ation in ones the rod making scene, it was
!W remaining used as it came, the whole
he season, cane. The nodes were carefully
epair, and worked down on the finer rods
luch simpler and fancy windings and hard-
nce were. So ware dressed them up. Just
odem tackle when the idea struck to split the
•of
bamboo and glue it back
Waltons day together using just the strong
the stream, outer shell of the bamboo cane
dais at hand. is not known exactly. Both
et and more England and the United States
Is or winches have at one time laid claim to
called were this.
time There
It
is
now definitely
; with which established, however, that the
i you hooked first split bamboo rods of the
? rod in the classic six strip construction to
: fish wear attain success and demand !
the clumsy were American The famous !
water Then rod builder, Hiram Leonard is
; rod, and credited with this. Some
eary fish.
Leonard rods are still with us.
(ssed, just a To own a Leonard was to own
d was not the best for many years. A
that en- friend of mine in Pennsylvania
preparation inherited two of them, and 1 had
winch and the opportunity of fishing with
rrangement one of them on several oc-
om winch to casions. In England, Hardy
part of the became the byword in flyrods.
m a n e n t In both countries, many other
or wood for excellent rod builders com
sought out. peted
lancewood The six strip bamboo was the
rodmaking king of fly rods for well over a
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MacALEVY PUTS feathers onto new fly he is fixing.
Many local fishermen are expert fly makers and are busy
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take down the tackle and advantages. Thomas made his revolutionized the split bamboo
prepare it for spring. Here in claim to fame with four strip rod— we will never know.
Oregon, where there is some rods.
(Continued next week)
kind of fishing to be had the
Some went the other way,
year around, there is no off using eight strips, and 12, and
Navy Firem an Apprent
season, so preparations for any 16. until the rod was more glue
particular season are usually than bamboo. It all came back Danny C. Scott, son of Mr. and
crowded into the few days to six, sooner or later except Mrs. David P. Cooper of Route
before that season rolls the four and five strip models. 1. Sandy, is now serving aboard
around.
Had it not been for the advent of the attack aircraft carrier USS
Later rod makers introduced the glass rod, these four and Forrestal which is making its
many innovations to the split five strip models might have ninth deployment with the Sixth
Fleet in the Mediterranean.
bamboo. None, however,
seriously challenged the six
strippers. Horrocks-Ibbotson
built some steel cored bamboos
with the six strips built around
a tempered steel core.
This same firm also put out
rods with criss cross spaced ■
windings the full length of the
rod. Neither of these was too
much of a success. Hardy built
hollow six strip rods and still
does. These have attained some
measure of popularity.
South Bends Cross built rods
featured the double built
. . . We Care . . . Quiet Beauty
system wherein an outer six
With Parklike Surroundings.
strip shell is built around a six
strip core—a rod within a rod.
These were in production until
Established 1929
the advent of glass. J. Harvey,
a custom rod builder, built
some of the lightest rods in
Walters Rd., South O ff Powell
conventional six strip con
Gresham
struction Uslan produced the
five strip rod, which had some
Scott serves
IN G RESHA M . . .
come in and drive one
of the trout sea so n . Here G eorge
MacAlevy, Post’s sports columnist, gets a
new fly ready.
(Post photo)
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GETTING YOUR REELS cleaned and making sure you
have the right pound test line ts an important part of
getting ready for spring fishing. Fishermen throughout
the Sandy area are bu.y getting their equipment ready,
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