Chris Yates ‘The Bishop’ 11′ split cane carp rod.
Made by the Edward Barder Rod Co in 2008. In mint, as-new condition.
£2,200.00
I must say that I was rather surprised when I took this rod out of its bag the other day. It was immediately obvious that not only had it not been used, it showed no signs of having being handled at all. I gather that the original owner had sadly died before he’d had a chance to enjoy it.
This is a particularly fine example of the carp rod that Chris Yates and I developed from 1989 to 1990. We make it to this day and it’s worth noting that the current lead time for one of these rods is over two years and the price for one built to this specification is £2,500. The savings in time and bish-bash-bosh are considerable. The price is not an act of charity. We want you to be able to enjoy a superb carp rod with fully mature varnish (it’s nice and hard now -slow drying stuff, yacht varnish) immediately!
Its blank is made from flame tempered hand-split Tonkin bamboo, straightened and prepared by hand. It is precision built to a tolerance of +/- one thousandth of an inch.
It is whipped in our classic translucent bottle green Pearsall’s silk, with red tippings to the main whippings, and matching Pearsall’s ‘gossamer’ silk intermediate whippings.
The butt ring is a classic Amberfin. The tip ring is genuine agate in a nickel silver frame. The bridge rings are hard chrome plated stainless steel. The hook keeper ring is secured with our hand forged nickel silver strap.
The 26” long Flor grade cork handle has an elegant ‘onion’ shaped top and finely knurled nickel silver fittings throughout.
The snug-fitting nickel silver ferrule has a hand turned Olive wood and cork stopper.
Suitable for 8 -12 pounds breaking stain reel lines and casting weights up to 1¾ oz.
Test Curve: 1¾ pounds.