My updated collection - new additions in red, special rods in bold. The first section is listed generally in order of what I believe to be their original retail prices.
Powr-Built 50 9' (Double Built)
Powr-Built 20 9' (Double Built)
Manitou Tournament 9' (Nickel silver sliding band reel seat)
Manitou Double Enamel - 7½' (2-piece)
Manitou Matched Set – 9’ Fly and 6’ Casting
Manitou Light Trout 8'6" (Scrulock black reel seat)
Manitou Medium Trout 8'6" (Hardy style reel seat)
Manitou Medium Trout 8'6" (Scrulock black reel seat)
Manitou Light Trout 9' (Landman style reel seat)
Manitou Bass Action 9' (Hardy style reel seat)
Manitou Medium Trout 9' (Scrulock black reel seat)
Manitou Medium Trout 9'6" (Landman style reel seat)
Manitou Medium Trout 9'6" (Hardy style reel seat)
Manitou Dry Fly Salmon 9'6"
Manitou Dry Fly Salmon 10'6"
Orvis/Montague Rod - Orvis Impregnated 8'6" (Scrulock cedar reel seat)
Orvis/Montague Rod - Orvis Impregnated 8'6" (Scrulock cedar reel seat)
Gaspe Dry Fly Salmon 9'
Red Wing Game Cock 36" (miniature salesman’s sample)
Red Wing Game Cock 7'6" (3-piece) (Hardy style reel seat)
Red Wing Game Cock 8'6" Medium Trout
Red Wing Game Cock 9'6" Bass Weight
Red Wing Game Cock 9'6" Medium Trout
Red Wing Game Cock 9'6" Medium Trout
Red Wing Light Trout 8' (1950's Scrulock red reel seat)
Red Wing Light Trout 8'6" (NS sliding band reel seat)
Red Wing Light Trout 8'6" (Scrulock red reel seat)
Red Wing Medium Trout 8'6" (Scrulock red reel seat)
Red Wing Medium Trout 8'6" (Scrulock red reel seat)
Red Wing Medium Trout 9' (owned by Sewell Dunton)
Red Wing Medium Trout 9' (NS sliding band reel seat)
Red Wing Medium Trout 9' (NS sliding band reel seat)
Red Wing Medium Trout 9' (Scrulock red reel seat) (4)
Red Wing Medium Trout 9'6" (Railed NS sliding band reel seat)
Red Wing Bass Weight 9'6" (Scrulock red reel seat)
Trail Medium Trout 9' (Hardy style reel seat)
Trail Medium Trout 9'
Flipline 8'6"
Flipline 9'
Fishkill 7' 2-piece (1950's Scrulock green reel seat)
Fishkill 7' 2-piece (Nickel silver sliding band reel seat)
Fishkill 7'6" 2-piece (Cedar reel seat)
Fishkill 7'6" 2-piece (Scrulock green reel seat)
Fishkill Light Trout 8'6"
Fishkill Medium Trout 8'6" (Scrulock green reel seat) (2)
Fishkill Medium Trout 9' (Cedar Scrulock reel seat)
Fishkill Medium Trout 9' (Green Scrulock reel seat) (3)
Fishkill Bass Weight 9' (Green Scrulock reel seat)
Fishkill Medium Trout 9'6” (Green Scrulock reel seat)
Fishkill Dry Fly Salmon 9'6” (Green Scrulock reel seat, removable fighting butt)
Fishkill Steelhead 8' (2-piece)
Comet Light Trout 8'6"
Comet Medium Trout 9'
Comet Medium Trout 9'
Splitswitch 8'6" (Fly, NOT combo, NS sliding band seat on wood form)
Splitswitch 9' (Fly, NOT combo, NS sliding band seat on wood form)
Splitswitch 9' (Fly, NOT combo, Scrulock seat)
Splitswitch 9' (Fly, NOT combo, Scrulock seat)
Splitswitch 10' (Fly, NOT combo, NS sliding band seat on wood form)
Bradford 9’ (brown Scrulock Seat) (2)
Palmer 8'6"
Webster 8'6"
Madison 9' (2)
Madison 8'6"
Churchill Bass Weight 9' (NS Sliding band reel seat)
Churchill Medium Trout 9'
Blue Streak 9'
Blue Streak 8'6" (2)
Fishkill Combination 9' (2)
ANP Special Combination 9' (2)
Splitswitch Combination 8'6"
Splitswitch Combination 9' (3)
Eel River Combination 9' (2)
Rapidan Combination 9' (2)
Rapidan 7' (2-piece) (cedar reel seat)
Rapidan 7' 3" (2-piece) (Sliding band reel seat)
Rapidan 7'6" (3-piece) (Cedar reel seat)
Rapidan 7'6" (2-piece) (Cedar reel seat)
Rapidan 7'6" (2-piece) (3) (Scrulock white reel seat)
Rapidan 8' (3-piece) (1950's Scrulock black reel seat)
Rapidan 8'6" Maroon Lacquered (Sliding band reel seat)
Rapidan 9' Maroon Lacquered (Sliding band reel seat) (2)
Rapidan Light Trout 8'6" (Scrulock black metal reel seat)
Rapidan 8'6" (Black plastic reel seat)(3)
Rapidan 8'6" Red Model (Red plastic reel seat, red wraps)
Rapidan 8'6" (Chromed reel seat)
Rapidan 8'6" (Cedar reel seat)
Rapidan 9’ (Owned by Sewell Dunton, chromed Scrulock seat)
Rapidan 9’ Bass Weight (1950's Scrulock black metal reel seat)
Rapidan 9' (Blackened metal Scrulock seat, blackened hardware, dark flamed cane)
Rapidan 9' (Blue plastic reel seat)
Rapidan 9' (Black plastic reel seat)(3)
Rapidan 9' Colorado (10" grip, Black metal Scrulock seat) (2)
Rapidan 9'6" Colorado (10" grip, Black metal Scrulock seat) (2)
Rapidan 9' Steelhead (2-piece)
Favorite 8'6" (White plastic reel seat)
Favorite 9' (White plastic reel seat)
Little Smoky 8'
Little Smoky 8'6"
Sierra 8'6"
Classon Brook 8'
Midge 8'
Midge 8'6"
Beaver Run 9'
Mountain Lake 9'
Mountain Lake 9'6"
Lakeside 8'6"
Bear Lake 8'6"
Bear Lake 9' (2)
Timber Lake 9'
Timber Lake 9'6"
Lake Pleasant 9' (2)
Clear Lake 8'6"
AuSable River 8'6"
Deerfield 9'
Deerfield 8'6" (2)
Rainy River 8'6"
Broad Brook 9'
Pelham Brook 8'6"
Leaping Brook 9' (2)
Leaping Brook 8'6" (2)
Barton Brook 9'
Eagle River 9' (2)
Iroquois 8'6"
Comanche 9'
Apache 9'
Arcadian 8'6"
Arcadian 9' (2)
Sonora 8'6"
Sonora 9' (2)
Flash Pocket Rod 6'6" (7 sections 12.5" each) (3)
Flash 8'6" (2)
Sunbeam 7' 2-piece (Titelock chrome reel seat)
Sunbeam 7' 2-piece (Metal sliding band reel seat)
Sunbeam 7'2" 2-piece (1950's Titelock reel seat)
Sunbeam 7'6" 2-piece (2) (1950’s Titelock reel seat)
Sunbeam 8'6" (3)
Sunbeam 9' (Titelock blue reel seat)
Sunbeam 9' (Titelock cedar reel seat)
Clipper 7'6" (3-piece) (Metal sliding band reel seat)
Clipper 9' (Titelock Blue reel seat)
Clipper 8'6" Black Lacquered (Metal sliding band reel seat)
Clipper 9’ Black Lacquered (3) (Metal sliding band reel seat)
Clipper Dry Fly Salmon 9' (detachable fighting butt)
Mt. Tom 8'6"
Mt. Tom 9' (2)
11579 (Walnut Grip) 9' (Metal sliding band reel seat)
Highland 9'
500 1/2 9'
Amateur Kids’ Starter Kit (2)
Amateur 7'6" (2-piece) (3)
Amateur 8' (2-piece)
Amateur 8'6" (3-piece)
Amateur 9' (3-piece)
Montague-made trade rods...
Dame Stoddard & Co.
Neverbreak 9’
Optimus 8’ (Cedar reel seat)
Optimus 9’ (Cedar reel seat)
Hub Special 9’6”
Abercrombie & Fitch
Yellowstone Special 8'6"
President 8'
No Name 7’
Spencer Bartlett Hibbard & Co.
Congress 7’6”
Revonoc 9’ 6-piece trunk rod
Marshall Field & Co.
Conway Special 9' (Marshall Field & Co. trade rod)
Conway Special 10' (Marshall Field & Co. trade rod)
H.J. Frost & Co.
The Jack Frost 8’ (Cedar reel seat)
The Jack Frost 9’6” (Cedar reel seat)
Pflueger - King Bee 10' (8-strip)
Iver Johnson - Sagamore 9’ (2)
Abbey & Imbrie - 100th Anniversary 9’ (2)
Murta Appleton & Co. - No Name 9’
Appleton & Bassett - The Bassett 9’
R.S. Elliott Arms Co. - Elliott Thunderbolt 9’
Sears & Roebuck
French River Medium Trout 8'6" (Scrulock black reel seat)
French River Light Trout 9' (Scrulock yellow reel seat)
French River Medium Trout 9' (Scrulock yellow reel seat)
French River Medium Trout 9' (Scrulock yellow reel seat)
X-Pert “20” Double Built 9’ (Scrulock chrome reel seat)
X-Pert 9' (3) (Scrulock cedar reel seat)
Belmont 7'6" (2)
Belmont 8'6" (2)
Belmont 9' (2)
Windsor 9'
Mohawk 9’ Maroon Lacquered
Foothills 9'
JC Higgins 3048 7'2" 2-piece (Sunbeam)
JC Higgins 3010 7'6" 2-piece (Rapidan) (2) (Scrulock white seat)
JC Higgins 3027 9’ (Combo fly/spin)
JC Higgins (several others)
Other Retailers
Manco 8'
Manco 9'
Silver Doctor 9'
Arrowhead 9’
The Eclipse Rod 8’
The Eclipse Rod 9’
The Eclipse Rod 10’
EXPERT (Mortised) 9’
Thomas Chubb
Chubb Silkien 8-strip 9' Light Trout (Silkien label)
Chubb Silkien 8-strip 10'6" (Silkien label)
Chubb 9' (Star label) (2)
Chubb 9'6" (Star label)
Chubb 10' bait rod (Star label)
Chubb Superb 9’ (Star Label, “Superb” reel seat stamp)
Chubb 8-Strip 10’ (Star label)
Chubb 10'6" (Star reel seat stamp)
Chubb Lancewood Fly Rod 8' (Star label)
Chubb Lancewood Fly Rod 10' (Star label)
Chubb Lancewood Fly Rod 10'6" (Star label)
Other Makers
Varney Bros. Central Valley 9'6" Bass Rod
John Landman 9' Empire City Special Grade
John Landman 9' Empire City
John Landman 8'6"
John Landman 9' Von Lengerke & Detmold
John Landman 9' (4)
Standard Rod Co. - Reliance 9'
Standard Rod Co. - Faultless 10'
F.E. Thomas - THE IZAAK WALTON 9’
Sewell Dunton #152 7’6” 2-piece (Owned by Sewell Dunton)
Anglers Choice 8’ 2-piece (Owned by Sewell Dunton)
Union Hardware (about a dozen rods)
Pre-1928 Montague models
90+ confirmed models per advertisements
50+ Mystery Monty/Chubb rods begging me for an ID
Total Rod Count
351 in my rod rack
45 leaning by the rack, waiting to be put away
69 in my office, waiting to be checked in
30+ parts rods in corner container
11 on display
12 in my travel bag
= 518+ rods, plus 3 ski poles made for the US Army 10th Mountain Division
You might ask, "Where do you keep all of these rods?". Below is a picture of my recently finished rod rack. It's made entirely of bamboo. Left of the rod rack is the desk and chair used by Ray Welsh while he was the Montague rod shop Superintendent.
I'd love to hear about any interesting Montague rods, especially if they're not on this list.
. . . Rex
The Monty Man
Statistics: Posted by TheMontyMan — 02/18/17 23:58