VINTAGEHEDDON EXPERT 125 8’, 1 ¾ F, 5 OZ WEIGHT SPLIT BAMBOO FLY FISHING ROD W/BAG ANDTUBE - H D HORE

ExcellentCondition Rare size Circa: 1949-54 VERY COLLECTIBLE

4pieces – handle, 3 tips (including spare), original sleeve and aluminum tube

Condition:Varnish is consistentthroughout and in great condition. There is no Bamboo damage. The 6” inch cigarshaped cork is in very good condition with no chipping or flaking. The ferrulesall fit tight and are very good condition – the spare tip ferrule needs to bereplaced. The knurled locking nut spins easily. The Mahogany colored marbleizedresin handle is very good condition with no chips or cuts. All of the eyes aretightly attached and in excellent condition. The aluminum case has scratchesbut is intact with the rubber/metal top seal. The soft bag is intact – no holesor tears. It does feature the original paper sizing tag. This pole is ready to be used.

For sale is a beautiful Vintage Heddon 125 Expert 8- 1 3/4FHD Hore Split Bamboo Fly Rod. The Model 125 was made exclusively for Sears andRoebuck and is in excellent condition. It comes in three pieces with a sparetip (the spare tip ferrule needs to be replaced – see pictures). The name “Heddon Expert” is written straightup the shaft on one side on the other side “#125-8’-1 3/4F- H D Hore” is handwritten. This size is desired and verycollectible. I am told the #125 wassimilar to the #20. Since the makersname is on the rod, I suspect this came out of the “handmade” section.

AboutHeddon

Dowagiac, Michigan was the home of James Heddon and Sons, acompany that had focused on bait rods and lures but branched out into fly rods.Heddon made bamboo rods from the 1920s until the 1950s, many of them stained adistinctive rich dark brown and marked in elegant penmanship either in a spiralor a straight line, depending on the era. Finer Heddon rods were described ascoming from the “hand-made department,” but even the best often had plasticreel seats that by today’s standards look cheap and fragile. However, in the1930s through the 50s, plastic reel seats were considered exotic and advanced –and lighter than German silver or wood, not insignificant to the alwaysweight-conscious rodmakers of that era. If you prefer, you can find rods withnice wood-inlaid seats on higher-grade rods and, oddly enough, on some “traderods,” built like standard Heddons but marked with the names of retailers likeFolsom, Weber and Lyon & Coulson. One other major distinction of Heddon’sis that the company identified its rod actions by ferrule sizes, using a numberalong with the suffix F. The translation from F weight to line nomenclaturevaries by rod length. Roughly translated, for instance, on an 8-weight rod, a 11/2F is a 4-weight, a 1 3/4F is a 5-weight and a 2F is a six-weight. Heddon’stop of the line rods like the Deluxe, President, and Biblically reminiscent Rodof Rods will hold their own with Leonard and Orvis rods, at least. But theirmost popular rod was the mid-level #17, often labeled as the Black Beauty,which came in many lengths and ferrule sizes.

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