i find it hard to compare the 2... i love both of em equally, i have one of the opaque chocolate milk colored ones, and a translucent rootbeer one but that one isnt here right now....




my S-Glass tho, still puts in work...

from Kokes:



to Coho:

nice shoes

I like how the shoes give the photo symmetry and balance...

I know some folks that have been known to frame their photos with fall colored leaves and wet stones, but I really like how you've done it with poorly painted doors, dandelions, garbage bags, shoes and concrete pavers! well done sir...

Those S-glass rods are slick. I still flail one around every now and then, for the random task events.

better Piper?

they were just quick pics, plus the 2 fish ones are older, you guys will get better pictures from me this year, i promise...

very nice

I have an old s-glass fly rod that I broke an inch or two of the butt section midway up, because of the thin wall design, I was able to cut the crack out and epoxy the smaller section back inside the larger section... I still use it for trout on occasion.

i was buying ammo at Bens Loan when i saw that S-Glass, it had an Ambassaduer 5000 on it and the price was 50.00.... i went home and told my dad i saw it, and his eyes widened up and was like "REALLY?"... so i went an bought it for him, he was planning on taking it with him on Christmas Day of 05 (he had been on vacation) for his float trip down the Duc with a family friend and co worker.... he was really looking forward to using that rod...

problem was, he didnt make it to the 25th... 2 years later i landed that Silver (told ya the pic was old), biggest Silver caught out of that river... it was rather interesting fighting that fish on that rod, being it only an 8' 8-12... but i did, and that was the point that i decided i should really be using this rod, and not letting it just sit there... so i mess with it quite a bit now...

Jafco of Bellevue and Olympia both carried some sporting goods around 1970. Fenwick glass rods could be had for $30 -$35, but maybe that was on sale. Super good deal.

I have a half dozen Fenglas rods I took as partial payment from Fenwick for photographing Jimmy Green fly casting for the cover of their catalog. I think it was 1982, but don't remember for sure.

My oldest Fenwick blank is a fly rod made by the owner of a sports shop in Kirkland in 1965.

A few years ago I had two of my 6-1/2 foot rods cut into four pieces and fitted with metal ferrals at Greggs in Lake Stevens for travel rods that fit in a carry-on suitcase. I use them frequently on trips to Alaska and Canada and have jigged up a lot of silvers with the casting rod and one of my 5000 D's. The other is a spinning rod for tossing spinners.

I had a four piece Fenwick pack rod that I used for over 25 years before I lost the tip section on a trip to Lake Huron. I put a new tip on the rod which was about four feet long after loosing the tip section and fished it for a few more years before retiring it.

Old glass is obsolete........

How does the classic glass fish compared to the older ones? Also,any of those for sale??

Pretty close to the same, the two 83's above the Classic Glass get the most play.

85's are for performing full chiropractic adjustments on most fish in WA.

Took me a good portion of sniffing to compile those rods. Not selling, thanks.

Nice collection, JM !

FS83C and FS79C are my two favorites of the series.
FS80C is another.

Seeker has copied this Fenwick line. Identical tapers, S-Glas etc.
They are gloss black. Have not fished one.

83c's are my fav, and seem to be the most versatile.

They are deluxe supreme with one of these squatting atop em....

Not allowed to wear breathable waders while fishing these. Hip boots, or the Old Timer's will wanna skin you.

KILLIN me Joe!!!


i used to have 2 old Ambassaduers, one a red 5000, and the other, a green one i think it was a 6000 cant remember off the top of my head... like 12 years ago someone i thought was my friend stole them... they were my fathers of course...the red one went on the light brown Fenwick, and the green one went on the rootbeer trans with green wraps Fenwick... now, i dont let anyone use my stuff, or even touch it really for that matter... my dad was HEATED when he found out they were gone...

Old shiz sucks.........

old you say?

Pflueger on the left, Goite on the right..

Nice.

I learned to drift fish with a 2000 Series Bantam. (2001GT)
2nd generation Bantam. Like the lower spool height as compared to the original Bantam.
Still have 'em all.

Roll with boys 3x your age, and you learn things.........

Can anyone tell me anything about these reels, year, etc? I have a Abu Ambassador 1000 C bait caster that is black. An Abu Garcia Mitchell 410 spinning reel that is mint still in the box with the paper work and a Centaure spinning reel...says made in France.