Antique fishing rod

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Antique fishing rod

Post by Yowie.. » Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:59 pm

Hi everyone, i had to join this forum to see if anyone knows of this rod, i cant find any info on it at all apart from 1 that was for sale a few years back, it says its made in Australia for coles store's and the brand is flexon, the reel is an old alpha reel.
Any ideas on its age?
Thanks everyone
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Re: Antique fishing rod

Post by smile0784 » Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:24 am

Probably not the same but all I can find on flexon rods as that they are split cane and made in Japan.

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Re: Antique fishing rod

Post by 4liters » Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:02 am

Maybe drop this guy a line and see if he can give you any info: https://australianfishingmuseum.com/

Looks like his specialty is reels but I'd be surprised if he hasn't picked up a bit of knowledge about rods over the course
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Re: Antique fishing rod

Post by Yowie.. » Fri Jan 18, 2019 7:20 am

4liters wrote:Maybe drop this guy a line and see if he can give you any info: https://australianfishingmuseum.com/

Looks like his specialty is reels but I'd be surprised if he hasn't picked up a bit of knowledge about rods over the course
Ok thank you very much, ill check it out shortly.

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Re: Antique fishing rod

Post by Drowning not waving » Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:55 am

Hi Yowie, My first rod was a flexon from santa, circa 1970. Fairly sure it still might be kicking around mum's place. You are probably correct that it was sold through the old coles five and dimes as we had one just down the road in Elsternwick.

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Re: Antique fishing rod

Post by Brownie » Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:47 pm

I still have my old Flexon fibre glass surf rod from the early 70's from Coles. I once got a Ryobi overhead reel around the same time from McEwans hardware store. Was a good reel too. That went yrs ago in a garage sale though.
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Re: Antique fishing rod

Post by Yowie.. » Fri Jan 18, 2019 7:35 pm

Brownie wrote:I still have my old Flexon fibre glass surf rod from the early 70's from Coles. I once got a Ryobi overhead reel around the same time from McEwans hardware store. Was a good reel too. That went yrs ago in a garage sale though.
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Wow yours looks a lot better condition than mine.. remember when kmart sold guns? Ahh the good old days

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Re: Antique fishing rod

Post by Brownie » Fri Jan 18, 2019 8:06 pm

Yowie.. wrote:
Brownie wrote:I still have my old Flexon fibre glass surf rod from the early 70's from Coles. I once got a Ryobi overhead reel around the same time from McEwans hardware store. Was a good reel too. That went yrs ago in a garage sale though.
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Wow yours looks a lot better condition than mine.. remember when kmart sold guns? Ahh the good old days
:-D Sure do. I bought a Boito 12 gauge and a Sterling 22 magnum from them. Guns in K Mart :-D Imagine the adds if they still did. People dancing with shotguns, rifles and decoy ducks.

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Re: Antique fishing rod

Post by Yowie.. » Fri Jan 18, 2019 8:55 pm

Brownie wrote:
Yowie.. wrote:
Brownie wrote:I still have my old Flexon fibre glass surf rod from the early 70's from Coles. I once got a Ryobi overhead reel around the same time from McEwans hardware store. Was a good reel too. That went yrs ago in a garage sale though.
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Wow yours looks a lot better condition than mine.. remember when kmart sold guns? Ahh the good old days
:-D Sure do. I bought a Boito 12 gauge and a Sterling 22 magnum from them. Guns in K Mart :-D Imagine the adds if they still did. People dancing with shotguns, rifles and decoy ducks.
well hows that! I found the flexon brand! And the price is unbelievable! Shoot in for the savings haha thats gold!
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Re: Antique fishing rod

Post by Yowie.. » Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:00 pm

Waders $3.98 haha i could afford to buy 2 pairs and the wife would have no idea

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