barbelboi
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I remember using plastic wrap on food since the late 1960's/early 70’s but does anyone remember when it was first used for protecting cork handles on new fishing rods?
Jerry
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Cork Handles
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S-Kippy
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Not sure Jerry....the first rod I remember with said wrap on the handle was a B&W CTM bought from Davis in Christchurch in the summer of [I think] 1973. I was still at school so certainly pre 74.
Derek Gibson
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Dont ever recall seeing a rod with handle wrapped in the said plastic prior to 19 70, so I suspect Skippy is on the money. Speaking personaly I hate the practice, nothing feels better on a rod than cork in the hand. Duplon, you can keep it
Couldn't agree more!
captainbarnacles
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Cant beat a plain cork handle in your hand with a good layer of sweat and bream slime.
sam vimes
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How long after its introduction did it take for the first numpty to decide that leaving the plastic was a really great idea?
Sadly, probably not too long . . . . . . .
Only goes to prove that "idiot proof" really . . . . . . . well, isn't!
Derek Gibson
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Funny you should say that Sam, I have seen quite a few Matt Hayes programs where he is doing just that, fishing with the plastic intact.:wh:whHow long after its introduction did it take for the first numpty to decide that leaving the plastic was a really great idea?
itsfishingnotcatching
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oops:whmg:
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Therefore, and without further ado, I rest my case . . . . . . . .
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barbelboi
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Thanks folks, my guess was early 70's which seems to be popular, probably about the time when plastic bottles started to appear.
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Lord Paul of Sheffield
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Why keep the pastic on, it's there to stop the cork from getting dirty in the shop that's all
Sean Meeghan
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I don't think the technology was available until the late 60s at the earliest. My mate was bought a Bruce and Walker Mk IV for Christmas in 1973 and I seem to remember that it came with its handle shrinkwrapped.
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Maybe so...but nobody actually said that when it first appeared ! I was quite young and I assumed it was to keep the handle clean when fishing.
So I kept the plastic on my CTM all its life and it never caused me a problem and [of course] the handle remained mint. Then one day I splashed out on a Shaky Team Feeder and a gallon of maggot and charged off to the Kennet for a bit of barbelling. First fish and the reel slipped on the plastic and turned right round until it was on top of the rod.
mg: What a two and eight I was in ! The plastic came off forthwith.This was back in the days of sliding reel fittings on virtually everything except carp rods. That said the plastic on B&W rods was pretty robust stuff that actually took quite a bit of work with a stanley knife to get off....not like nowadays.
I still have that CTM handle....though I cannot for the life of me think why I kept just the handle.
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terry m
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Cork for me too. It just looks and feels 'right'.
I remember whan the fashion for abbreviated and duplon handles came in. But as is often the case when a natural product is replaced by a man made material, a 'low cost' image is created.
I remember whan the fashion for abbreviated and duplon handles came in. But as is often the case when a natural product is replaced by a man made material, a 'low cost' image is created.
benny samways
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Those covers are called 'incontenence covers' in the trade.