Big-Bass Posted March 25, 2018 Posted March 25, 2018 Any info on a Fenwick Boron X pistol grip from the early 80s? Quote
LAO162 Posted March 25, 2018 Posted March 25, 2018 Sweet find. I have Browning Midas Boron rod and it will launch a 1/4 oz bait further than any other rod I have. Quote
Hulkster Posted March 25, 2018 Posted March 25, 2018 when boron was popular (the 70s) I was still liquid, but I have heard they are/were very brittle Quote
DaveT63 Posted March 25, 2018 Posted March 25, 2018 I recently picked up the same rod at a yard sale, because I remember them from way back. I put a reel on, one and did some fishing with it, but it is very heavy compared to modern rods, and doesn't balance wrk with. The newer lightweight reels of today. Quote
Basseditor Posted March 26, 2018 Posted March 26, 2018 I had a bunch of Browning Boron rods. I wish I had kept them. Quote
Super User Columbia Craw Posted March 26, 2018 Super User Posted March 26, 2018 I built a couple of rods in 81' using boron blanks and both were 6 footers. They were stiff by the standards at the time and were relegated to worm fishing. The supplier I used dropped them because of the rate of breakage. I recall selling both for what I had in them. Back then the myth was, if you store a rod by using nails in the wall, it would break where it rested on the nails. We've come along way. Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted July 24, 2018 Super User Posted July 24, 2018 I had one which I modified the handle and threw poppers until it broke. Fished ok, but most boron rods (and tennis rackets) didn't last long for a good reason. Quote
Super User FryDog62 Posted July 25, 2018 Super User Posted July 25, 2018 Not a pistol grip but a Fenwick Boron, 2 piece, 6’-6” Medium-Light spinning that was my dad’s all-time favorite rod. He caught a million smallies and walleyes on it since the 80’s. Okay maybe 2 million... After he died 2 years ago, on what would have been his 88th birthday, I ceremoniously caught one fish on it on the lake where he was born (literally when his parents were on a fishing trip in 1928) and then I retired it on the wall of my office. Thx for bringing up Boron and a good memory ... 2 Quote
oldschoolbasser Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 I don't have any Fenwick rods,but I do have some Phenix Boron rods with extended handles. I still fish with these rods especially for vertical presentations. These rods balance well with my Ambassadeurs Quote
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