Tournament Caster

[wrong99]

Can anyone confirm that J.J. Tremain was a tournament caster in the late 1930's. VERY important. Thank you.
Mark

[wrong99]

Anyone?

[Reeltyme]

Mark, seems dumb to post this, I did check my recourses and found nothing! Just wanted to let you know that your shout out didn’t go unnoticed!
Good luck in your search.
Reeltyme

[1badf350]

I spent an hour or so searching last night and came up empty

[Paul M]

FWIW I could not find anything about this on HathiTrust

[kyreels]

I did a quick check also, nothing turned up. It would help if you can provide a city. There are at least fifty clubs, maybe a lot more. It doesn't appear he was a prominent national caster, but can't prove a negative. Do you have any context to add as to why it is important or what the reason is for searching?

[wrong99]

Thanks, guys. I recently acquired a Lyle L. Dickerson tournament casting rod that was built for a J.J. Tremain in 1939. The rod shaft is also inscribed for "3/8 oz. Accuracy Division", a competition that was part of many of bait casting tournaments of the day. I could not find any info on the person, although I swear I remember seeing his name online in the results of a certain old casting tournament. I just can't remember where or when that was, though. Subsequent efforts to find something online have turned up nothing. Dickerson himself was working out of Detroit at the time but, of course, had customers all over the country. The rod is quite valuable and I just wanted to connect some dots, if possible, to complete the rod's history.
Mark

[colby sorrells]

Mark,
It appears it is very unusual that Dickerson made a casting rod. Most of the rods and information I've been able to find (there's a lot out there. One of the best sources is the AMFF that ran a three part story on him) are about him making fly rods not baitcasting rods. Doesn't mean he didn't make it, just not what he is known for. As previously mentioned being able to associate a city with the Tremain name would help. Fortunately his last name was not Smith! I'm still looking. As Matt mentioned if he was not on a national level in the casting events he is going to be very hard to run down through the casting records. I'm working more on the Tremain side instead of the casting tournament side.

The AMFF story states Dickerson only made about 1000 rods total in his lifetime.

Keepin' It Fun!

Colby

[wrong99]

Dickerson made several casting rods, as well as steelhead and salmon models. Not many, though. This is only the second casting rod I've ever seen or heard of from Dickerson in over 20 years. Thanks for the help. I know there isn't much to go on.
Mark

[john elder]

Have you tried casting records for the Golden Gate Casting Club and there’s also a National Club with available records.

[wrong99]

Yes, I tried Golden Gate, then found out there was something like 500 or more casting clubs across the country.