Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-07-13

|e50R5z0R&A
by jim RHoDY~ W.
No More Doubt
by jim RHODYE

With sufficient time h wing
elapsed to prove the conclusion,
there is no more doubt that the
glass fishing rods-for casting, spin
nlng and fly use-have made last
ing place for themselves in the an
gler's list of equipment. In fact. it
is a tenable assumption that the
glass rods finally may displace the
metal rods altogether and seriously
threaten use of bamboo.
The reason for that is instantly
obvious to the angler who has en-
gagged in extensive use of all three
types of rods. 1t is simply a popu-
lar fact that the glass rod can take
more abuse, requires less care and
attention than the bamboo and-as
yet-has shown none of the tendency
OF metal rods to snap off while be-
ing used, ofttimes on a back-cast.
This latter fault in steel rods is due
to crystallization of the metal and it
sometimes occurs in even the high
est-priced metal rods.
Why is the glass rod superior? A
year ago, we examined the role the
glass rod was beginning to play in
the anglers scheme of things and
that article indicated the trend that
was to bring the glass rod to the
fore. The fact that the top rod manu-
facturers in the nation are apparent.
ly placing more emphasis on the
glass rods and their development
than on other types of rod is in.
dicative of their confidence in the
future of this type CT fishing in
strument.
Now, year later, we again
checked fly rod development, this
time turning to the Montague firm
for our information because these
rod-makers have come up with an
amazingly light and flexible glass
rod which, at the same time. shows
no sacrifice of strength or durabil-
ity.
Ed Mcguire answering our query
for the Montague firm, wrote, in
part:
"Holloglass coreless rods first
came out about eight years ago.
They were the invention of a West
Coast scientist and seemed to work
out very well on the West Coast.
Unfortunately, when the rods came
East and were subjected to the eli
mate around Cape Cod, they be-
CANE very brittle and broke by the
hundreds.
During the war. DUPONT devel-
oped a special treatment for glass
yarn that guarded it against eli
matte effects with the result that
fishing rod made of glass became
practical and the first solid glass
rod was developed in the Middle
West
"This same specially treated yarn
was then used by both the solid
glass and the tubular glass manu-
facturer.
1--WE first started experimenting
with solid glass about three and one
half years ago and we developed
our own method of turning out
solid glass shaft.
1.-The experiments were carefully
supervised by Montague experts and
only when we came up with shaft
that met the exacting action which
Montague had come to expect from
bamboo did we stop experimenting.
About year and a half ago,
Montague bought the oldest fiber
glass low pressure Illuminated cor
poration in the country. Here. too.
our experts went to work and spe-
cial mandrels we're designed to pro-
duce rod that would meet the re-
quirements of the experts so far as
action is concerned and, after all.
fishing rod is only as good as its
action no matter what it's made Of
because we wanted to point out
to the public that all glass rods are
not the same and that our glass rods
have what it takes, we approached
the United States Test Company.
the foremost testing laboratory in
the country and submitted to them
samples of Montague solid glass and
holloglass rods. These rods were
subjected to all the tests fishing
rod could ever be expected to meet
under actual fishing conditions plus
a lot of others. The rods were given
extreme cold ests, extreme heat
tests, flexing tests that would be
equivalent to one hundred years of
fishing use, impact tests and still
they didn't break down"