Chris Yates’s Sealey Floatcaster De Luxe 11’ 3-piece Avon rod.
THE perch rod, Chris has written on its luggage label. SOLD
£500.00
-A favourite of Chris’s for Stour roach and perch, he also had great success when using it for pond tench and crucian carp. His best fish caught while using the Floatcaster De Luxe were:
Tench- 4lbs 10oz Roach- 2lbs 3oz Perch- 3lbs 3oz Crucian carp- 3lbs 7oz
The rod was discovered by Chris’s friend Jason White in a Salisbury auction. Jason carried out a light restoration of the rod and Chris used it with great pleasure for several years. On the luggage label attached to its original Sealey bag, Chris has written-
Sealey Floatcaster (The perch rod). Chris Yates
On the top flat of the butt section above the handle, Chris has signed the rod with his name in black Indian ink and G.S.C. (Golden Scale Club).
On the underside of the butt above the handle, in black Indian ink, is the following inscription:
Restored by J White, Dorset, England.
Specification & condition.
The rod is 11’ long in three sections. The butt is whole cane, the middle and tip are split cane. All sections are sound and reasonably straight.
The 21” long handle has a doughnut shaped top. I coined this term many years ago. I’m not sure about it now but I can’t think of a better description of this sort of handle top. You can see how it looks in the accompanying pictures.
The handle has aluminium sliding reel bands and an aluminium butt cap fitted with a black rubber button. The cork is perfectly serviceable.
The ferrules are plain brass tubes, light and serviceable. They retain a firm fit.
The rings are replacement hard chrome plated stand-offs, with Amberfin tip and butt rings.
The whippings throughout are the correct shade of blue and the rod has been over-varnished.
I’ve used the term at least twice and I’ll use it again. The rod is very serviceable. It’s a rod for the people, or a person. It’s Sealey’s equivalent of the Milwards Floatrover.
Allcocks made their range of Volk-Angelruten a mere ten and a half feet long. Sealey gave you the full eleven feet!
The rod comes in its original bag, which wouldn’t mind spending some time with a patient seamstress.
Supplied with a letter of provenance from Chris Yates on Golden Scale Club headed paper.