For us old guys that have been at this fishing business for awhile, there was a time when the Wright & McGill (Eagle Claw) yellow Granger was the rod to own, especially with an Ambassaduer star drag reel.

Then it was Fenwick, and now there are many to choose from.

I'm still using some of my 30 year old+ Fenglass rods, which I had Gregg's Custom Rods in Lake Stevens, cut to four sections adding metal ferrels that I use for travel rods which fit into my checked luggage while stored in a 24 inch PVC tube.

Ron Mount is the Eagle Claw rep here for well over 30 years. If you see those Eagle Claw hook packages with the guy holding a stringer of trout, that is his Dad, Paul who was with Eagle Claw I believe back into the 1930's.

I haven't tried the new rods, but have great memories of the first Eagle Claw rod I had and hooked my first Steelhead on the Smith River in northern California in 1961.

My Eagle Claw pack rod lasted 30 years before I gave it to my daughter when I started shooting photos for Fenwick and traded part of my fee for Fenglass Rods.