Montague Little Smokey 3/2 8.5'

Re: Montague Little Smokey 3/2 8.5'

feeds@yuku.com (oldfishbrain) — Fri, 06 Jan 1967 16:15:48 GMT

I have a Little Smokey I bought a long time ago. It is an 8ft. 3 piece and it came with only one tip. It has an all metal reel seat but it doesn't look like the one pictured above. The number and type of guides are the same as described above. It is hard to believe that any rod maker would bother with an agate stripper guide and tiptop and then put only two snakes on the mid and the tip. As far as I can tell the rod is original with a replacement bag and aluminum tube.
Now that I...

Re: Montague Little Smokey 3/2 8.5'

feeds@yuku.com (Lewis2) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:27:14 GMT

Todd,

I have a "Little Smokey" that I picked up a few months back. It is a 7.5', 3/2. It could use a stripping and refinishing. The butt section has one of the red agate guides. The mid section has 2 snake guides. The tips are where I have some problems. One is obviously short and I am not sure which end has been broken. This tip has two snake guides. The other tip, which fits the rod, has slightly different wraps. I am not sure if it is original to the rod or not. It...

Montague Little Smokey 3/2 8.5'

feeds@yuku.com (hopkintoncane) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:32:46 GMT

This rod, the "highest" grade of the the Zephyr Brand Extra Light Series according to Sinclair's book arrived yesterday, and I was looking for some input for anyone who might have a similar model. Also according to Sinclair, at the time this rod sold in the 1940's, it was priced at $8.00 and a Rapidan was selling for $8.50, so this was in all likelyhood a middle of the pack rod for Montague quality-wise in the total fly rod lineup. Given the really slow action (think...