old Essex rods any info.

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cormac sparks
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old Essex rods any info.

#1 Post by cormac sparks »

lads anyone know anything about a make of rod called essex made by Bestak LTD here in dublin.Ive just got 3 from an aunt a 12 ft beach caster brown with grips off an old grifter bike, An 8 ft spin master and a 6 and a half ft boat rod.on the boat rod the bottom 18 inches including the reel seat unscrews .they are fairly old and i would like to know more about them

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try mick in viking, he is in the know about such things
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#3 Post by petekd »

I've a blue one in the shed a beachcaster with yellow whips and a beautiful white "grifter" style handle.... :D Its possibly the worst rod I've ever had but it belonged to my late father and is at least 30-40 years old. Not sure what he used it for as he wasnt a shore angler. He would have bought his in the UK in the early 70s I would think.
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#4 Post by sea serpant »

petekd wrote:I've a blue one in the shed a beachcaster with yellow whips and a beautiful white "grifter" style handle.... :D Its possibly the worst rod I've ever had but it belonged to my late father and is at least 30-40 years old. Not sure what he used it for as he wasnt a shore angler. He would have bought his in the UK in the early 70s I would think.
im nearly sure i was given the same rod by a relative wen i start fishing :shock: it was 12ft blue mustard whippings and white rubber handles... :roll:
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#5 Post by JOHN1 »

they were the rod to have back then my father had a couple of them, a blue one and brown one rubber grips and pin striped whippings hollow fiber glass 8)
then abu brought out the 484 and the essex went into a dark corner never to be used again :lol: :lol:
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#6 Post by cormac sparks »

thank lads havnt taken them out yet just for the crack i also have reel as well so if you spot some nut job with a few old rods you know who it is
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#7 Post by roger de dodger »

fishface wrote:try mick in viking, he is in the know about such things
he,s prob still selling them :lol: :lol:
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#8 Post by hugo »

roger de dodger wrote:
fishface wrote:try mick in viking, he is in the know about such things
he,s prob still selling them :lol: :lol:
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#9 Post by Dicenintra »

Ah yes the memories my old blue essex from ABC and my intrepid seastreak. More birds nests than a flock of swallows.
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