oc1 Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 The Corpus Christi classics. A 542 with a squidder and a 552 with a 4/0 Senator. Really nice collection. The best I've ever heard of. -steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AguaMala Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 Thank you, Oc1 Back in the day seen a lot of 542’s with squidders an jigmasters. 552’s would see with 4/0, 6/0, an 6/0 wides on them. My 542’s back then had Newell 454’s on them an my 552’s had penn 6/0 with black marlin kits. Now I have updated reels on them with faster gear ratio’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AguaMala Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 Here’s a 542 I started to bring back to its glory days last night. RonG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oc1 Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) Man, that's really nice. You do good work. Here's a bit of Harnell trivia. I was unwrapping a little Harnell 640 spinning rod. I'd cut the end of the thread, pull and let the rod spin in my hand as it unwound. You know how you do. On some of the ornamental wraps a red band adjacent to a yellow/gold band would the same piece of thread. The red thread didn't end and a new yellow thread didn't begin. It was all the same piece of thread. Here's a picture of a section of it I don't know if it was dyed that way ahead of time (on the spool), or dyed or painted after it was on the rod. It was definitely a factory job though. -steve Edited August 10, 2018 by oc1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBM Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 A nicely retro bit of work, there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 This was my mentor in the late 50s his name was Moishe owner of Moishe's tackel shop in Coney lsland NY where l also live at that time as a teenager , look at what rod blank he is using, he made me my first surf rod on a Harnell 9ft blank before l new how to make rods, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lateral Line Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 nice pic LB. just put a new 445 together from the flounder stash of blanks. Remember flounder? That blank was next to the 440.... Still fish the old rods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AguaMala Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 Thank you OC1 OC1 I’ve never seen both colors in just one thread like that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AguaMala Posted August 12, 2018 Report Share Posted August 12, 2018 Now for final coat of epoxy. An will be fishing in few days RonG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oc1 Posted August 13, 2018 Report Share Posted August 13, 2018 Whaaa. Epoxy. They were still using varnish when Harnell went out of business. Sorry, it's the a-hole coming out of me again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AguaMala Posted August 13, 2018 Report Share Posted August 13, 2018 OC1, Some of my personal ones that I have still have original wraps with factory varnish. This one here is actually my first attempt to wrap one back to look original. This is for a friend an he wanted epoxy. He uses his stuff pretty heavy, so epoxy would definitely protect threads better. I got 7 out of my whole collection I use. Those would be 540, 550, 701, 702, 721, 552, an 553. An always have someone ask if I’d sell them, when I hit the local piers or jetty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenerationLau Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 I have multiple Harnells, my most prized possession is my grandfather’s Harnell 644. It’s in almost perfect condition and my grandfather added some wrapping on the tip and on the ferrule. Does anyone have the specs for it? I want to catch a striper on it for the memories but I want to know the lure weight so I don’t snap it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oc1 Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) Here's a link that mentions an 644, 8'4" and 10 lbs. I don't think you are going to break it. If the lure weight were enough to break the rod then it would feel so sloppy you wouldn't want to fish with it. Tying the intended lure weight to the tip and giving it a good waggle will tell you a lot about how it is going to perform. -steve Edited September 23, 2019 by TimS changed the link to a link here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenerationLau Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 Does anyone know when the Harnell 644 was made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oc1 Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) 1950's, 1960's Edited September 24, 2019 by oc1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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