1993.0244
L. lower 144.5 upper 129.8 Joined 272.5. Butt D. 2.5. L. of cork grip 18.6, d of grip 3.6.
Fishing rod, two sections, varnished "greenheart" wood and metal. Brass male to female push fitting joint. Turned wood butt of different type to rest of rod; brass collar above butt, with reel fitting above collar; above reel, grip made of rings of cork. Regularly spaced iron-wire eyes for line, held in place by black thread wrapped several times around rod on either side. Lowest and tip eye, different, wider with ring of resin? in a collar. Two parts of reel fitting and collar all stamped "Enright & Son/ Castleconnell". In upper section there is a 8cm long section of thread wrapped around and around, possibly masking a repair?