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<p>[QUOTE="Rayo56, post: 4526589, member: 2022"]I have a couple of those that I remember my Father using to troll for walleys in Lake Erie, and we used them for trolling for lake trout in Canada when I was pretty young - probably 50+ years ago. But one has a round steel rod and the other has a fiberglass rod. Just as yours, they both have the 2 eyeletts on the rod plus the guide on the tip. No idea if yours was a handmade rod but the angle of the line coming from the reel to the first eyelett seems extreme putting pressure on the line and wearing it out prematurely especially if you are battling a large fish. The period correct braided line was colored differently in yard long sections (if I remember correctly) so you can count how many yards of line you put out or how many yards of line you have reeled in - no line counters back then - LOL!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]399575[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]399576[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Rayo56, post: 4526589, member: 2022"]I have a couple of those that I remember my Father using to troll for walleys in Lake Erie, and we used them for trolling for lake trout in Canada when I was pretty young - probably 50+ years ago. But one has a round steel rod and the other has a fiberglass rod. Just as yours, they both have the 2 eyeletts on the rod plus the guide on the tip. No idea if yours was a handmade rod but the angle of the line coming from the reel to the first eyelett seems extreme putting pressure on the line and wearing it out prematurely especially if you are battling a large fish. The period correct braided line was colored differently in yard long sections (if I remember correctly) so you can count how many yards of line you put out or how many yards of line you have reeled in - no line counters back then - LOL! [ATTACH=full]399575[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]399576[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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