Grandad's Mornington Red

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Grandad's Mornington Red

Post by yepi'mon » Fri Jan 05, 2018 8:22 am

Hi Guys

A few years back when I started getting into fishing my Grandparent's gifted me a rod that my G'Ma had made for my G'Da in the 80's.

G'Ma made a point of saying that at the time it was quite an expensive rod (I think she was a little annoyed that my G'Da never used it).

As I was packing it away yesterday I wondered about it's heritage and if anyone here can shed some light on it's background and the fellow who made it?
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Re: Grandad's Mornington Red

Post by smile0784 » Fri Jan 05, 2018 8:29 am

Yout gma must be good if she can make rods

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Re: Grandad's Mornington Red

Post by yepi'mon » Fri Jan 05, 2018 8:30 am

smile0784 wrote:Yout gma must be good if she can make rods
So good she goes by the name Nick Haralambakis.

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Re: Grandad's Mornington Red

Post by hornet » Fri Jan 05, 2018 8:31 am

smile0784 wrote:Yout gma must be good if she can make rods
" my G'Ma had made for my G'Da "
He who has the most fishing rods WINS ! :ts:

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Re: Grandad's Mornington Red

Post by Lightningx » Fri Jan 05, 2018 8:56 am

Nice one :thumbsup:

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Re: Grandad's Mornington Red

Post by Texas » Sat Jan 06, 2018 12:20 pm

He's on Facebook
He made it for Wayne at fishing coast to coast
It's a 7ft 6in snydeglass fmt90 blank
Have a chat with him, He's very much still into fishing

Cheers Gra

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