Fortunate to stumble on a vintage Phillipson Master, 6wt at a flea market for very, very cheap money, and had to give it a new home. Matched it up with some new line (line cost more than the rod) and reel. Wow! what a sweet soft casting rod that surprisingly throw some line... Jeffsod was right, Phillpson was one of the Cadillac's of glass rods, he has the same rod...Now let's see how it handles some aggressive fish on the the rod...Today, I gave it a good workout... Well it handles fish..... Fantastic!!!
Hard fighting smallmouth succumbs to the Phillipson... caught several all around the lake... some great aerobatics
This old guy bent the rod in half and finally gave up 
Bluegill were on fire... they were hitting everything that hit the water today; top water, deep, fast, slow...didn't matter...fish on!
Days like today are few and far between... enjoy them when you can
More victims of the Goldie and Phillipson tag team
Hope eveyone has a enjoyable 4th of July..God Bless America!
Tightlines
Gillbuster
Sweet Little Phillipson - Oh my!!
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Posts: 11 07/04/10 09:23:31 |
Your photos are awesome, I need to take some tips from you!. Hey - I think I know where you were or that cover looks awfully familiar. I love the colors of those smallies. Going to complete my post shortly after fishing 4 ponds on the Cape this week. My photos won't look nearly as nice! But thanks to the help here I did manage to catch my first CC smallmouth - so to me it was a total success. Oh, and the LM? Many more than I deserved!
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Posts: 1241 07/04/10 12:24:35
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That's the same model Phillipson I inherited from my father-in-law. I LOVE it... unfortunately I stripped a couple of the guides off earlier this year walking through the woods. Ooops.
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Posts: 33 08/02/10 02:10:10 |
I want one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posts: 844 08/02/10 05:02:38 Registered Member |
Spinzo you can try ricks rods dot com for repair of old Phillipsons. They bought all the old stock and might be able to match the threads to the original. They also sell some blanks and vintage Phillipsons too. |
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