Went to a yard sale this morning found two Wright and McGill eagle claw rods a 6’6" 6 Wt and a 7’6" 7 wt
The six had a Bronson Royal 360 and a level line on it, The Seven had a china made medalist with a wf 7 on it, when I cast the 7 wt I couldn’t get it to cast, then I looked at it and realized the line was on back wards, put the weighted end on forward and it cast great.
Paid $10 total and my son has already claimed the Bronson reel for his 5 wt.
I love garage sales.
Eric
Great finds! I love those wright mcgill rods. Fish an old 7’ featherlight 6wt and love it.
Janus
Me too Janus…LOVE THE BEND!
Ditto all of the above! I have two of them and love them. Gave a third one to a buddy of mine and he loves it too. 
Okay, I taught myself to fly fish with two Eagleclaw convertable pack rods. Talk about stiff rods to learn with! I still have both of them though they are rigged as spinning rods now. I do love the warranty, aka, replacement policy on them as both have replacement tips.
Found the second one at a yard sale, never been used for 5 bucks!
The newer featherlight I have bends like an upside down taco shell if you breath on it, and that makes them fun to fish with because there is enough backbone to pull fish in …but it is an interesting taper. The older ones with the dark bronze reel seat with gold rings are a different blank, more of a honey color as opposed to the bright yellow newer ones, and have a more progressive taper. I bought one on ebay for $2.35 it was missing an eye, which was an easy fix.
Been happy with it ever since.
Janus
I took my NEWER one last night. Grabbed the tip and pulled. The top section is very noodlie and will form a circle, but the bottom section is stiff. It does form a somewhat HINGE, so not the BEST glass out there. Casting distances does take more work, but they are the most fun for $14.+ dollars I have had in a long, long time.
Is it true that these are supposed to be parabolic rods? Having been in the field artillery I now what a parabolic course is. Just curious what exactly parabolic means in a fly rod?
When under stress of casting or playing a fish, the Parabolic forms a parabolic curve, uniformly progressive. The dry fly rods form a more abrupt curve, with the tip and upper half of the mid working and the butt hardly showing a bend.
A parabolic butt has an extremely low taper. In making a cast, the butt flexes clear into the hand and can be seen and felt. On delivery of the cast, the lower half of the rod gets in its power impulse while the upper half is still flexed. Then, as the tip straightens, a seemingly secon power impulse applies, which straightens a long line or shoots an abundance of line, if desired.
As I recall, the Bronson Royal was some pretty reel. Good job.
Very cool, Eric. You can find some excellent deals at yard sales. I have one of those old Wright McGill’s, from the mid 70’s (8’6" 7wt.). It was my first fly rod. My parents bought it for me Christmas, back in '77. I haven’t cast it in years but I think I may have to break it out.
That was the best description of parabolic rods, that i’ve ever heard. BTW, Fly Goddess, I just got the new 11’9" 4wt. “Baby DECHO”. SWEET! I ran it with a 340 Skagit line and it fires line, like a canon.
pspaint, thank you, I thought so too, but it is a quote
For all you folks that enjoy the old fiberglass rods there’s a forum at
http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/forums/7/t/The-Tying-Bench.html
Has a bunch of good stuff on history and values
Fatman