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
