Hi All,

I have just came across a old Hardy fly rod in the attic of an older relation. It is a Hardy Jet 9' #6 with the marking 0/H. I have found out the 0/H is a code for when it was built but am unable to find out the proper date.
The rod itself is in near immaculate condition, with only a few scratches.
So any info would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

Kevin

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"There's a fine line between fly fishing and standing on the bank looking like an idiot."

Is it perhaps D/H? in which case it would be April 1980 I think. The "D" refers to the month of manufacture and the "H" to the year.

Don't discount it as a fishing rod. I still use a 1973 Hardy Jet 8'6" #6. In fact I was using it yesterday. I find them much better than carbon for short distance casting and the weight difference of my Hardy Jet is so small as to be not worth bothering about.

used to have one years ago uuuuugghhhhhh!!! orrible

Found out the date of manufacture, it's August 1972. Found it at the following link.

http://vfish.net/hardy.htm

Hope it helps someone else.

Kevin

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"There's a fine line between fly fishing and standing on the bank looking like an idiot."

H/O would be 1972

Just had a thought - these letters are the same upside down so by inverting them you get O/H never thought of that!

I've still got a Jet 7 ft #4 mmmmmmmmmmmm........sweet. Use her regularly...........birdsnest

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Fear not if I steal from your side, as of yore, from paradise streams to fish Teifi once more.
BN based in Wolverhampton

Does anyone know how much this rod will be worth. It is in very good condition.

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"There's a fine line between fly fishing and standing on the bank looking like an idiot."

used to have the 7 wt cost me £30 in 76 there have been a few on ebay a buy it now price on a seven and a half footer described as museum cwality was priced at £350 for a fibre glass rod that people where discarding and going over to carbon ! in your dreams sunshine

HOW MUCH !!!!!...................I paid £40 for mine in '76. I wouldn't of thought it was worth anywhere near £350.............still wouldn't sell her though .........................birdsnest

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Fear not if I steal from your side, as of yore, from paradise streams to fish Teifi once more.
BN based in Wolverhampton

JET is an acronym for Jon E Tarantino who designed the rod for Hardys. (Regrettably Jon died of gunshot wounds in a gents lavatory some years later!)

Based on simple 2-part pattern of L Rod 130gsm glass prepreg made by Hexcel in Livermore, California.

Probably rolled and made by the legendary Frank Proudfoot under the initial guidance of Jimmy Fischer.

The JET range delayed the entrance of Hardys into carbon fibre rods by about 2 years.

JLH thought that early carbon rods offered little advantage over JET glass rods however they did use carbon in the joint reinforcements as a later modification.

Rod is probably worth about US $60