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TERMS
A deposit of 50% is required with an order. The remainder will be
requested when the work is nearing completion. Approximate completion
time is 90 to 120 days.
REPAIR AND RESTORATION
I am confident there is no repair or restoration that is beyond my
capabilities. Forty years of repairing and restoring these fine
classics has provided a wealth of experience and the customer can feel
confident there rod is receiving the finest treatment possible .
All my work is conducted with strict adherence to
orginality and detail.
If you are considering a repair or restoration please call or write for information.
Items Available Today
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Bamboo Rods | Graphite
Rods | Fiberglass Rods
| Fishing Reels |
Fishing Books | Fishing paraphernalia
All items on this list come with a three(3) day inspection
period.
If, for any reason , you are not satisfied, please let me know as soon
as possible so I can make the item available to the next person. Return
the item in the condition it was received for a full refund (minus
shipping charges). All payments should be in U.S. funds, postal money
orders are preferred method of payment. Personal checks are acceptable,
but they must clear before item is shipped. All check and money orders
should be payable to Francis D. Lyons.
Shipping charges will be determined at time of order (to cover
actual costs only). Items will be shipped through U.S. Postal Service,
UPS or FedEx unless otherwise requested. All special shipping requests,
custom fees, tariffs.. etc. are the responsibility of the
buyer.
I make every effort to identify any defects and pass that
information on to the buyer. If a shortcoming does get past me or I
misrepresent an item, it is unintentional and I will do whatever it
takes to make it right.
BAMBOO RODS
| B0001 |
8 1/2' HEDDON #20 BILL STANLEY FAVORITE |
3/2 4.5 oz MED # 6 LINE |
Dark burgundy wraps(no gold borders) over dark cane. Bakelight
downlocking screwlock reel seat with nickel silver pocket butt cap,
sliding ring with pocket and lock nut. . Reverse half wells cork
grip. Black metal first guide. Snake guides are
bronze
perfection. Dark machined nickel silver ferrules. Full
restoration with new snake guides to match originals. Stripping
guide is original. Cork grip has been cleaned. Comes with
original bag and case.
Used Restored $450.00
| B0002 |
8' Diamond |
2/1 4 1/2oz MED #7 LINE |
Dark red wraps over honey colored cane. Five chrome snake guides
on the tip and one chrome stripper on the butt. Chrome step down
ferrules. Reel seat is two toned down locking aluminum and
chrome. The threaded barrel and nut are gold anodised aluminum
and the sliding ring as well as the butt cap have a housing and they
are bright chrome. The cork grip is 6 1/4" long and cigar shape.
Approximately 1" in diameter. It has been cleaned and in
very good condition. All new wraps. The word DIAMOND is
printed in black ink inside an elongated triangle on the rod shaft
about 2" above the hook keeper. No bag or tube.
Used $65.00
| B003 |
7 ' H&I TONKA PRINCE |
2/1 2.4oz Med #5 line |
Cobalt blue wraps over dark cane with highlighted
nodes.
Five dark Perfection snake guides on the tip, one dark perfection
snake guide and one red agatine
stripping guide on the butt. Nickel silver ferrules.
Ferrule on butt section has a shoulder at the bottom.
Downlocking screwlock black plastic filler with silver
plated fittings. No hook keeper. Torpedo shaped bright
chrome winding check. Cork grip has been cleaned. New
guides and wraps have been installed and both sections have been rubbed
down and given a coat of spar varnish. H-I logo is 98% intacked.
Fish jumping over metalic gold diamond with red H-I in
center and UTICA N.Y. in small black letters below H-I.
Tonka Price in white script just to the right of the logo is 100%
intacked as well as the genuine tonkin cane decal on another flat near
the winding check. This decal is 85% intacked. Comes with
un-original bag and aluminum case.
Used Restored Very good $200.00
| B0004A |
9' WRIGHT & McGILL STREAM & LAKE |
3/2 5 3/4oz. MED. #8 line
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Chinese red wraps over dark cane.
Red agatine stripping guide. Dark tungsten snake
guides and perfection tip tops.
All nickle silver, uplocking, screw-lock reel seat, both tips are
replacements and restored to match originals. Original finish on
butt and mid section. Comes with original labeled case with
replacement top and original bag.
Used $250.
| B0005 |
7 1/2' DWIGHT LYONS FLY ROD
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3/2 3 1/8 OZ #4 LINE |
Dark burgandy wraps over honey colored cane. Bright
nickel silver ferrules, dark red agate stripping guide with
bright nickel silver frame, dark tugsten steel snake guides and
tip top. Bright nickel silver winding check and
bright nickel silver loose ring hook keeper. Nickel silver slide
band reel seat with morticed butter nut spacer. Medium action rod
that feels quite light in the hand. Lawn cast only.
Comes in 4 partitioned bag and aluminum tube with brass
fittings.
New $1,675.00
| B0007 |
7'-9" KINGFISHER |
2/1 5.2oz. FAST #8 line
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Red silk wraps over honey colored cane. Nickel silver ferrules.
Nickel plated slide band seat with chrome pocket but cap.
Black mildrum stripper guide and darke tugsten snakes. One
snake on butt and seven on tip. Very fast strong rod that would be
suitable for those big hair bass bugs. Not a finess rod. No
qualms about setting the hook with this one. Varnish is in good
shape. Un-original bag and case.
Used $75.00
GRAPHITE
RODS
| G0001 |
9' LAMIGLAS FLY ROD |
2/1
4 1/4oz MED/FAST #6 LINE |
Dark olive wraps on a typical charcoal colored blank. Ceramic stripper
guides on butt section, chrome snake guides and ceramic tip top on tip
section. The ferrule is on the butt section and fits over the bottom of
the tip section. I guess one could call it but over tip. Black anodized
aluminum screwlocking downlock reel seat. Cork grip is shaped like a
Winston(half wells) and has been wrapped with white adhesive tape. Must
have been wounded. Nice touch. No case, no bag and a no nonsense rod.
Throw
it in the rod rack in the pick up and it is ready for those emergency
stops
along the river. Fished hard and needs to be fished hard some more.
Give
it a new home.
Fair to Middling $35.00
FIBERGLASS RODS
| F0001 |
8 1/2' EAGLE CLAW WRIGHT & McGILL "CHAMPION"
FLY ROD NO
3A-8 |
2/1 4 1/2oz MED #6 LINE |
Pat. nickel silver up-lock real seat, nickel silver ferrules, no
medallion
on cork grip, which is shaped like the grips on the bamboo rods, lesser
grade cork, orange wraps over brown woven fiberglass blank. Finish is
flaking
off of the rod shaft. Otherwise, the rod is ready to fish. Two piece.
Comes
with unoriginal bag and Shakespeare round cardboard tube with rubber on
ends.
Good $25.00
| F0002 |
8 ' EAGLE CLAW "Denco Super 1V |
2/1 4OZ MED #7 LINE |
Red solid fray proof guide wraps over yellow blank. Tip over butt
construction. Bright chrome tip top and stripper guide.
One stripper guide on butt section and 4 dark snake guides on tip
section. Black accents at ferrules and wraps. Cork is
western style and soiled. Evidence of medallion on cork but now
missing. Black anodised aluminum down locking reel seat with two
locking nuts. Incsription on rod shaft reads Eagle Claw
"Denco Super IV " No. DNFP225-8FT, (422cm.) Fly Rod
Wright & McGillCo. Denver, Co. 80216 U.S.A. Line Size 7
The words SOLID NYLON FRAY PROOF GUIDE WRAPS inside picture of a
fish wrapped around shaft. Rod is very little used. No
tube or bag.
Used $ 45.00
| F0003 |
8 1/2' SOUTH BEND FLY ROD #3370 |
2/1 4 1/2 OZ HDH OR D LINE |
Double built fiberglass construction, salmon colored wraps over
turquoise
colored blank with red colored ferrules. Half Wells grip with thumb
indent.
Red anodized aluminum up-locking reel seat with black ring and nut. 1
1/2"
fixed fighting butt with white adhesive tape around it. Comes with
original
bag and aluminum tube. Needs a little work.
Fair $25.00
| F0005 |
8' HEDDON PAL BLACK BEAUTY #75 -TROUT-8' FLY ROD |
2/1 4 OZ HDH OR D LINE |
Black wraps with orange
borders over red brownish blank. Western style cork grip
(cleaned). Down locking reel seat consisting of bright chrome
threaded barrel and loose ring with pocket and ring. Bright
chrome pocket butt with typical black bakelite butt cap. Filler
is black bakelite. One dark Perfection stripping guide and one
dark Perfection snake guide on butt section. 7 dark
Perfection
snake guides on tip section along with a dark Perfection tip top.
The ferrules are nickel silver truncated swiss style blackened.
The decal on the butt section just above the hook keeper
is about one inch in length and in orange letters reads
"Heddon Pal Back Beauty #75 -Trout-8'". The decal is 99% in tact.
All the wraps are new as well as the snake guides and tip top.
Comes in original black bag with orange trim and origial black
tube with label that is 85% in tact. The tube has the funky top
with the ring that when tightend expands a ruber ring and tightens the
top.
VG $125.00
| F0007 |
7' DWIGHT LYONS FLY ROD |
2/1 1.9OZ 4 LINE |
Dark burgundy 00 nylon wraps with 00 antique gold borders over carmel
colored blank. Red agatine stripper guide with nickel colored
frame. Nickel colored snakes guides and tip top. All guides
from Snake Brand. Signature wraps at hook keeper and ferrule
wraps. Black anodized aluminum slide band over morticed Spanish
cedar filler. Comes with bag and labeled aluminum case.
Offerd at a reduced price because of blems in blank. Serial
number F7024709.
New $300.00
REELS
| R0003 |
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3 9/16" DIA. x 1 1/8" |
Single action rim control with adjustable drag.
Contervertable to right or left hand. Spool painted
aluminum color body painted black. Made in England. Very
smooth reel that will carry a DT 8F line with ample backing.
Good for heavy trout fishing.
Very good $35.00
| R0004 |
JOHNSON MAGNETIC MODEL NO 3 |
3" DIA. x 1 1/8" 5.4 OZ |
Single action with no drag adjustment. Totally silent.
You can play that fish without anyone knowing about it.
These reels were a favorite with Joe Brooks. A few chips in
the black back plate and some edge wear but otherwise in good shape and
it works fine.
Used $ 75.00
| R0005 |
H & I MOHAWK NO. 1106 FLY REEL |
3 1/4" DIA. x 1" |
Single action with on and off click drag. Pale lime
green finish on body and natural aluminum spool with black plastic
handle. Spool is held in place with a metal screw and flat washer.
Convertable from right to left hand. About 85% of finish
remains. A good match to an H & I fiberglass fly rod .
Good $10.00
| R0006 |
SCIENTIFIC ANGLERS 35 CONCEPT 2 |
3 " DIA. x 11/4" 4.2oz |
All black aluminum with Chrome line guard and spool ccounter balance.
Adjustable drag. Good reel for someone just learning to fly fish.
Smooth operator and reversible.
New $20.00
| R0007 |
Sportfisher
33 |
3 3/16Dia x
13/16"IS 5oz DT5
100yds .014 dia. braided backing |
Single action fly reel manufactured in Japan distributed by Kmart
Corporation. A knock off of the Pflueger
Medalist1494.
Anodized
aluminum color. A few mars in the finish on the
frame.
Typical
Medalist drag. Smooth and ready to fish. No case or
box.
Very good $12.50
| R0008 |
SHAKESPEARE RUSSEL NO 1895 MODEL GE FLY REEL |
3 5/8" DIA. x 1 1/8" |
Single action with fixed click. Army green with plastic
pearl handle. Some dings on rim of bodyand finish worn in this
area. Good working order but needs to be cleaned.
Good $15.00
COMPONENTS
| COO1 |
NICKEL SILVER FERRULES |
11/64 |
Super Swiss Nickel Silver ferrules in Std style 11/64 size from
Classic Sporting Enterprise. One(1) female two(2) males.
New in zip lock bag. Not fitted. One set.
New $39.95 ea
| COO2 |
NICKEL SILVER FERRULES |
Super Swiss Nickel Silver ferrules in Std style 15/64 size from Classic
Sporting Enterprise. One(1) female three(3) males. New in
zip lock bad. Not fitted.
New $50.00
| COO3 |
NICKEL SILVER REEL SEATS |
Two early REC Nickel Silver reel seats with 3 additional wood fillers.
One uplocking and one downlocking.
New $100.00
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look on that man as happy, who, when
there is
question of success, looks into his work for a reply."
-- Ralph
Waldo
Emerson
F.D.
Lyons Rod Company
7156 S.E. 118th Drive
Portland, OR 97266
(503) 760-3933
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7156 SE 118th Dr.
Portland, OR 97266
(503) 760-3933
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