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Came across this while researching something. It is a fascinating visual record of a process which must have gone on in innumerable rod making shops for decades. It's a film showing the basic methods for making a Greenheart rod. Hope you enjoy it!
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A little late to the "Latest News" this month, but it has been a busy weekend and a busy month here at WVFFM. Though the influx of items has slowed, there has been a lot to do. British Rods now extends to the post-war period but with more to come, as well as plans for a "Named Rodmakers" page. Elsewhere I made a visit to the Ellem Fishing Club's presentation at Paxton House and was generously allowed to photograph some of the items there with a view to writing something for the Magazine section. I'll let you know when it's ready. One item that did arrive this month caused some interest. WVFFM doesn't often acquire ephemera, but this was too good to miss, especially in the light of some other recent acquisitions. It is an envelope from a letter posted in Dunkeld in Perthshire to an Edinburgh address in January of 1863. Delivered later the same day, it carries the embossed mark of Roderick Anderson, Fishing Rod and Tackle Maker. Anderson began trading in Dunkeld some years earlier but the name became much better known when the company moved to Edinburgh after Roderick Snr.'s death. Anderson's was subsequently the responsibility of Roderick Jnr. and his brother Robert and went on to become one of Edinburgh's premier tackle and outdoor sports shops with the brothers making significant contributions to both fishing and golf. In case you are wondering, Mr. Ogilvy was an Accountant, with an office at his home in Castle Street...
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