Fenwick 670 130lb Class

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Quote from: Cuttyhunker on November 10, 2020, 08:12:37 PM
That was the mid 70's and maybe a quarter mile up Menemsha Creek from the basin the Orca was a derelict pulled up on the dunes rotting away and forgotten except as a curiosity.
Mid-1970's.  Darn, the movie hadn't even run it's course yet.  How soon they forget.
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Miles Offshore

Great thead yall. Ive been fishing and recently started collecting old browns since the 70's myself. Love all this history, thanks.
Craig Miles
Virginia Beach, Va.

quintmundus

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I'm gonna give this horse one last kick. Thanks 1badf350 for citing an old post of mine. I think I can offer some facts to clear up any question that the rod used in Jaws had a hypalon-covered steel butt. The 670 was part of the Deluxe line. The fiberglass butt was a part of the Offshore series, and was model 673.

With different (cheaper) guides, and 3 lines circling the butt, it is difficult to see how the rods could be confused. Also, Offshore series rods did not have the 670's Varmac R*SH heavy-duty seat, instead using the less-costly R*S. This is visible in the catalog picture above in the thread. Note that the fiberglass butt for the Deluxe series has at the very bottom, a ball-shaped slotted end. The butt in the movie does not have this.

The Fenwick: Fenwick's History and Rods, Including the Development of the First Graphite Rod explains:

"1971: Fenwick added a fourth series of big game rods called its Offshore series. The Offshore series had the same blank as the Deluxe series, plus a new unbreakable fiberglass butt design. The main difference between the Offshore series and the "high-end" Deluxe series was that the Deluxe series had more expensive roller guides."


I think pics are maxed out in this thread, see the link below for more details in an excerpt from the book.

https://imgur.com/a/j0zr5ul