PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY MY OLD BIG GAME ROD
PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY MY OLD BIG GAME ROD
DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT BRAND, MAKE OR MODAL MY BIG GAME ROD IS?
AND PERHAPS WHAT YEAR IT WAS MADE?
I BOUGHT THIS ROD FROM AN ANTIQUE SHOP OUTSIDE OF LAS VEGAS NEVADA,
THE OWNER OF THE STORE HAD NO INFO ON THE ROD EXCEPT THAT IT WAS A FISHERMAN FRIEND OF HIS
THAT BROUGHT IT IN FROM CALIFORNIA.
THANK YOU,
sea ghost
AND PERHAPS WHAT YEAR IT WAS MADE?
I BOUGHT THIS ROD FROM AN ANTIQUE SHOP OUTSIDE OF LAS VEGAS NEVADA,
THE OWNER OF THE STORE HAD NO INFO ON THE ROD EXCEPT THAT IT WAS A FISHERMAN FRIEND OF HIS
THAT BROUGHT IT IN FROM CALIFORNIA.
THANK YOU,
sea ghost
Last edited by kyreels on Mon Jun 14, 2021 10:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: missing tags
Reason: missing tags
-
- Advanced Board Poster
- Posts: 246
- Joined: Thu May 20, 2021 2:21 pm
Re: PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY MY OLD BIG GAME ROD
Your answer may be under the forward grip. I would let it stay a mystery if it doesn't slip off very, very, very easily. Other clues could come from the roller guide, but a close up would be needed. I'm sure there are folks who know this guide and who liked to use them. Nice reel seat.
-
- Star Board Poster
- Posts: 2578
- Joined: Fri Nov 09, 2012 10:42 am
- Location: S.F. Bay Area ORCA MEMBER
Re: PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY MY OLD BIG GAME ROD
Is the rod fiberglass?
Re: PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY MY OLD BIG GAME ROD
Yes sir, the rod is fiberglass........
The forward grip is on there very tight...........
I will load a 1969 Garcia catalog page that could help us...........
Thank you
The forward grip is on there very tight...........
I will load a 1969 Garcia catalog page that could help us...........
Thank you
- 1badf350
- Advanced Board Poster
- Posts: 309
- Joined: Sun Mar 12, 2017 12:56 pm
- Location: Gaithersburg, Md
Re: PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY MY OLD BIG GAME ROD
Definitely resembles a Garcia Conolon. The Varmac seat is an early version with compression type ferrule fitting
-Chris R.
Re: PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY MY OLD BIG GAME ROD
1969 GARCIA BIG GAME RODS Catalog Page
COULD MY ROD BE THE BROWN WEST COAST SERIES NUMBER 2595 ?
IT DOES HAVE THE FOUR VARMAC RING EYES WITH RS/RT MILDRUM TIP & STRIPPER ROLLER EYES
REEL SEAT IS A VARMAC CLASS 5H
https://images.orcaonline.org/u/24192/_ ... 1969_5.jpg
COULD MY ROD BE THE BROWN WEST COAST SERIES NUMBER 2595 ?
IT DOES HAVE THE FOUR VARMAC RING EYES WITH RS/RT MILDRUM TIP & STRIPPER ROLLER EYES
REEL SEAT IS A VARMAC CLASS 5H
https://images.orcaonline.org/u/24192/_ ... 1969_5.jpg
- 1badf350
- Advanced Board Poster
- Posts: 309
- Joined: Sun Mar 12, 2017 12:56 pm
- Location: Gaithersburg, Md
Re: PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY MY OLD BIG GAME ROD
If it’s a Varmac RS5H seat it’s typically an 80lb class rod. Look for one with that rating
-Chris R.
Re: PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY MY OLD BIG GAME ROD
Ok great info thank you!!
I found it.......
It's a GARCIA Conolon B594 Brown East Coast Series
I found it.......
It's a GARCIA Conolon B594 Brown East Coast Series
Last edited by sea ghost on Sat Aug 12, 2023 1:03 am, edited 2 times in total.
Re: PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY MY OLD BIG GAME ROD
Chris R
If you would......
Can you take a look at the very old
6'8" ANTIQUE DEEP SEA ROD with the loctite reel seat ,,,,,,,,,thread I have in here,
Thank you
Sea ghost
If you would......
Can you take a look at the very old
6'8" ANTIQUE DEEP SEA ROD with the loctite reel seat ,,,,,,,,,thread I have in here,
Thank you
Sea ghost