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Vintage CROSS / SOUTHBEND Super DOUBLE BUILT 1936 Split Bamboo Fly Rod
Manufacturer: Cross Rod Co. Massachusetts, South Bend, Indiana®
950.00
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I've been selling and collecting vintage fishing stuff for over 15 years. I've been selling on the internet for over 20 years mostly through paypal since 1999. I'm honest so have no worries in buying if you want an item I have for sell. Just so you know. I accept all forms of payments. 

 They say, there's nothing like fishing bamboo! These vintage USA & English bamboo fly rods are a living fiber. A lot of the newer fiberglass, graphite and carbon rods are to stiff and just don't have the same feel as bamboo which is a living fiber.

$950 plus $15 INSURED SHIPPING to USA. Will ship WORLD WIDE for actual USPS cost. email is danmassie1@yahoo.com					

 VINTAGE HIGH QUALITY SPLIT BAMBOO FLY ROD MADE IN THE USA READY TO GO OUT AND FISH, COLLECT OR BOTH.

1936 SOUTH BEND/CROSS, SUPER, DOUBLE BUILT 9' ft fly rod #31 with a fly line weight of C or HCH = a 7 weight line today. This was the best and most expensive rod that Cross built in 1936. (look at the 1936 catalog picture). Rod is in EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION, GUARANTEED. Look at those pictures and it even looks better then that in person.

 This rod is 88 years old almost mint Condition. The rod has a few very minor things that down grade the condition. one is that someone didn't remove the small dried trout fish scales correctly, near the label area above the cork. If you rehydrate them with water they come right off but they tried to just remove them and it took the original varnish with it. so you see a few tiny spots here and there that are a lighter color then the rest of the rod. and the next thing is the hook keeper above the cork has come off. Other wise this would be mint condition and all factory original from 1936. Looks like it was made yesterday. GUARANTEED All Original, no repairs or anything like that. Nice vintage fly rod to go out and fish with.

 Rod can't be any straighter and all pieces are same length and everything is all original to each other.

This is the more desirable DOUBLE BUILT. Goes together and comes apart as good as it gets with that nice pop sound. Look at those pictures and it even looks better then that in person.

This rod has the original varnish coat. Ferrules are Machined nickel silver. SILK wraps are Orange & Red with Black trim. I don't know if you can see it in the pictures but this rod has a beautiful agate stripping guide of multi color of Orangish, Brown, Red and white swirl. 

 READY TO COLLECT OR FISH. GUARANTEED NO CRACKS IN THE FERRULES OR ANY WERE ELSE ON THE ROD. NOTHING LOOSE AND NO DEFECTS. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS ROD GUARANTEED. YOU WONT HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS. THIS THINGS SOLID AND GOES TOGETHER AND COMES APART AS PERFECT AS YOU CAN GET.

(1) the length of the rod when assembled is 9' foot.

(2) the number of pieces that make up the rod: 3

(3) YES with extra tip

(4) all the rod sections are the same length YES.

(5) general condition is overall Excellent Plus.

(6) CROSS/SOUTH BEND, Massachusetts & Indiana 1930s.

(7) original sock and aluminum tube.



 HERES SOME HISTORY OF THE CROSS/SOUTHBEND FLY ROD CO.

 Wesley D. Jordan deserves an honored place in history as one of the truly innovative bamboo rodmakers who had a major impact on the bamboo fly rod as we know it today. Jordan was involved with producing bamboo rods for more than 50 years, first with the Cross Rod Co. of Lynn, Massachusetts, then with South Bend in Indiana and finally with Orvis in Manchester, Vermont. His innovative genius and natural talent for craftsmanship turned all three companies into recognized leaders in the bamboo rod business.

 Jordan began his rod making career quite by accident shortly after serving two years in World War I. While on a fishing trip to Maine with William Forsyth, Mr. Forsyth broke his fly rod and talked Wes into making him a new one. Jordan was an accomplished fisherman and was familiar with good bamboo rods, so he spent nearly a year studying the construction of bamboo rods and reading all the literature he could find. Through trial and error he finally produced several acceptable hand-planed rods of Calcutta cane. Mr. Forsyth was so enthusiastic about the results of Jordan's efforts that he proposed a rod making venture.

 In 1920 they formed the Cross Rod Co., named for Bill Cross, a friend of Forsyth's who bought stock in the new company and also joined in learning the rod making trade.

 Within a year Jordan had designed a milling machine and built it with the help of his brother Bill, so rods could be produced faster and more economically to compete with companies such as F. E. Thomas and H. L. Leonard. The Cross Rod Co. built fly rods, tournament rods and saltwater rods for trolling and surfcasting. 

 Most of the larger rods were double-built models for power and strength. The company established a reputation for producing quality rods at reasonable prices. Cross also produced rods under other brand names, such as Abbey & Imbrie in New York.

 Mr. Forsyth died suddenly in 1925 and his heirs sold the Cross Rod Co. to the South Bend Tackle Co. in South Bend, Indiana. As part of the agreement, Jordan moved to South Bend to set up the machinery, organize a rod production facility and train the employees. This temporary arrangement lasted almost 15 years.

 During this period Wes designed methods and equipment to facilitate making rods with very low production costs, to compete with Montague, Union Hardware, Horrocks-Ibbotson and Wright & McGill. One such device was a power-driven ram for splitting bamboo culms destined for mass-market rods. South Bend also made rods for other companies, such as Sears Roebuck for as little as 83 cents wholesale. Cane for the higher quality rods built by South Bend and all the South Bend-Cross rods were split by hand or sawed. Rods and blanks of this higher quality were also marketed to other companies, most notably to the Paul Young Co., for several years prior to 1930.

 In 1939 Wes Jordan went to work for Charles F. Orvis Co. in Manchester, Vermont, shortly after the nearly defunct company was rescued from receivership by Bart Arkell and D. C. Corcoran. He worked for Orvis until his retirement in 1970, during which time he helped resurrect the company and take it to the forefront in rod production. During his tenure at Orvis he developed the process for making impregnated rods, and designed and patented the famous Orvis screw lock reel seat.

 READY TO COLLECT OR FISH. GUARANTEE NO CRACKS IN THE FERRULES OR ANY WERE ELSE ON THE ROD. NOTHING LOOSE AND NO DEFECTS. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS ROD MECHANICALLY GUARANTEED. YOU WONT HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS. THIS THINGS SOLID AND GOES TOGETHER AND COMES APART AS PERFECT AS YOU CAN GET.

These don't come around too often for sell. This could be an upgrade rod or fill a hole in a collection. 

 I took lots of pictures of all sides, so you know what your getting.

 Before the 1930s depression days. Most rods made during the depression had the quality cut back like the ferrules, no agate guides, less guides on each piece, not this one. When you look for quality in vintage rod you look for more guides added on the mid section & tips. Agate guides are a plus and this rod has one. Agate a nickel silver are a plus.

 Will be shipped in plastic or cardboard shipping tube.

 READY TO FISH, COLLECT OR BOTH. Looks way better then the pictures. I GUARANTEE YOU'LL BE HAPPY WITH THIS ROD ONCE YOU SEE IT. Look at my feedback, every rod iv'e sold I have had praises about. If it was an inferior rod it would say so in the description. This is a really nice rod. Looks even better then the pictures.
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