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Last week’s blog about the benefits of split cane rods created some interest in these masterpieces of usable and very collectable tackle.
It prompted an enquiry from a prominent member of the New Zealand Rod Fisher’s Society about the origins of the Hardy Marvel rod that celebrates its 100 year anniversary this year. Cane rods are not covered in such detail as reels in reference books but perhaps there is a reader who can shed more light on this.
See extract from email below:
“The 1925 timing of the Marvel’s introduction prompted us to wonder whether, for example, it may have resulted from a commission like the Fairchild. Its action seems to us gentler and deeper flexing than that of the 7’ or 8’ CC de France (and the 7’6” model was not released until the early 1950s), more akin to that of the 8′ Fairchild among shorter Hardy rods of the time. We hoped we could find a reference to another contemporary 7’6” 3-piece that might have inspired it, or to which its action was analogous, as we think it likely that Hardy’s would have been buying and studying rods made by US makers – Leonard, Thomas, Hawes, Payne etc. However, so far we’ve drawn a blank on anything specific as a possible model for the Marvel.
Also, we’ve found little solid information about its origins. There are references in online forums to it being liked by Presidents Hoover and Eisenhower. We couldn’t find a reference to the Marvel in President Hoover‘s Fishing for Fun – and To Wash your Soul, or Hal Wert’s Hoover the Fishing President: Portrait of the Private Man & His Life Outdoors. However I’ve made contact with Jim Schottenham, curator of the American Museum of Fly Fishing, who has kindly sent us photos of President Hoover’s Marvel from about 1927, donated by his son. Adrian has also contacted Hoagy Carmichael, who was interested in our project but didn’t have any information on the Marvel‘s possible US taper influences.
There’s only a passing reference to the Marvel in James Hardy’s The House the Hardy Brothers Built.”
Does anyone have any further information about the origins of the much sought after Marvel rod?
Please contact Dave at davetownsend@thomasturner.com
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It prompted an enquiry from a prominent member of the New Zealand Rod Fisher’s Society about the origins of the Hardy Marvel rod that celebrates its 100 year anniversary this year. Cane rods are not covered in such detail as reels in reference books but perhaps there is a reader who can shed more light on this.
See extract from email below:
“The 1925 timing of the Marvel’s introduction prompted us to wonder whether, for example, it may have resulted from a commission like the Fairchild. Its action seems to us gentler and deeper flexing than that of the 7’ or 8’ CC de France (and the 7’6” model was not released until the early 1950s), more akin to that of the 8′ Fairchild among shorter Hardy rods of the time. We hoped we could find a reference to another contemporary 7’6” 3-piece that might have inspired it, or to which its action was analogous, as we think it likely that Hardy’s would have been buying and studying rods made by US makers – Leonard, Thomas, Hawes, Payne etc. However, so far we’ve drawn a blank on anything specific as a possible model for the Marvel.
Also, we’ve found little solid information about its origins. There are references in online forums to it being liked by Presidents Hoover and Eisenhower. We couldn’t find a reference to the Marvel in President Hoover‘s Fishing for Fun – and To Wash your Soul, or Hal Wert’s Hoover the Fishing President: Portrait of the Private Man & His Life Outdoors. However I’ve made contact with Jim Schottenham, curator of the American Museum of Fly Fishing, who has kindly sent us photos of President Hoover’s Marvel from about 1927, donated by his son. Adrian has also contacted Hoagy Carmichael, who was interested in our project but didn’t have any information on the Marvel‘s possible US taper influences.
There’s only a passing reference to the Marvel in James Hardy’s The House the Hardy Brothers Built.”
Does anyone have any further information about the origins of the much sought after Marvel rod?
Please contact Dave at davetownsend@thomasturner.com
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