Updated: 15-06-2023
Explanation of AFTM numbers and compared with the old system, HEH etc. (From the 1963 Hardy Catalogue)
Excerpts from Catalogues:
Abbey & Imbrie (USA): 1897 * – …. – 1913 * – …. – 1920 * – …. – 1923 * –
Abercombie & Fitch Co. (USA): 1911 (Devine Rods) – …. – 1923 * – ….
Allcock (UK): 1939 – …. – 1953 – …. – 1955 * – …. – 1965 * – ….
Army & Navy Stores Ltd. (UK): 1952 –
Chapman (UK): 1961-62 * – ….
Chubb (USA): 1890 * – …. – 1927 * – ….
Cross (USA): Cross Fly Rod Catalog Listing 1925 – 1935 , from Classic Fly Rod Forum.
DAM (Germany): 1954 – …. – 1958 * – …. – 1964 (Swedish edition) – ….
Falcon (UK): 1972 * – ….
Farlow (UK): 19xx ? – …. – 1925 (Splitcane and Greenheart) – …. – 1936 (Splitcane and Greenheart) – …. – 1960 (Including: P&M: The Charles Ritz Parabolic Series) * – …. – 1966 (Including: Sharpe, Walker Bampton, P&M: The Ritz Parabolic Series) * – 1967 (Including: Sharpe, Walker Bampton, Ritz Parabolic by Farlow on P&M Blanks) * – …. – 1969 (Including: Sharpe’s impregnated and non-impregnated, Walker Bampton, Milward, Ritz Parabolic by Farlow on P&M Blanks) * – ….
Fishing Tackle Digest (USA): Including rods from South Bend, Montague, Edward vom Hofe, Payne, Heddon, Horrocks-Ibbotson, Shakespeare, Orvis, Granger, Thomas, J.C. Higgins, Edwards, Uslan, Lyons & Coulson, Phillipson a.o. 1946 * – 1949 * – ….
Foster Bros. (UK): 1895 * – …. – 1963 * – ….
Bjarne Fries (Denmark): 1998 – …. – 2003_English – 2003_German – 2003_Italian –
Graham & Co. (UK): 1936 – ….
Hardy (UK): Hardy’s Greenheart Rod Numbers – Hardy Bamboo Rod Manufacturing Dates – Hardy Rod Names 1885 -1984 (Alphabetical Order) – 1899 – …. – 1906* – …. – 1911* – …. – 1914 – …. – 1921* – …. – 1927 – 1928 * – 1929 – 1930 * – 1931-1* – 1931-2, Sea and Big Game* – …. – 1934 – 1935, Supplement – 1937-1 * – 1937-2 * – 1937, Big Game and Sea Fishing – 1938, suppl. – …. – 1951 (+ pricelist 53) – 1952 – …. – 1954 – 1955 – 1956 * – 1957 (+ pricelist 56/57) * – 1958 * – …. – 1960 * (pricelist 1960) – 1961 * – 1962 – 1963 * – 1964 (+ pricelist) * – 1965 * – 1966 (+ pricelist 65/66) * – 1967 * – 1968 * – 1969 * – 1970 * – 1971 * – 1972 * – 1973 * – 1974 * – 1975 * – 1976 * – 1977 * – 1978 * – 1979 * – (No Splitcane/Bamboo Rods in the 1981 – 1982 – 1983 – 1984-85 – 1986-87 Catalogues) – …. – 1989 * – …. – 1992 * – …. – (1996) – 1997 * – 1998 – (1999) – …. – 2000 * – (2001) – 2002 * – …. – 2005 (Callum Gladstone) * – 2006 (Callum Gladstone) – 2007 (Callum Gladstone) * – 2008 (Callum Gladstone) * – 2009 (Callum Gladstone) * – 2010 – …. – 2014 (Tom Moran and Callum Gladstone) * – (No Splitcane/Bamboo Rods in the 2012 – 2013 – 2015 – 2016 – 2017 – x – 2019 Catalogues).
Heddon (USA): Heddon Catalog Listing 1924 – 1956, from Classic Fly Rod Forum.
Hildebrandt (Germany): 1995 * – ….
Horrocks Ibbotson (USA): 1914 * – …. – 1949 * – …. Horrocks-Ibbotson Fly Rod Catalog Listing 1900 – 1953 – from Classic Fly Rod Forum.
Hørgård (Norway): Asbjørn Hørgård A/S (Wolfram Schott). 1963 – …. – 1972 – 1973 – 1974 * – 1975 * – 1976 – 1977 – 1978 * – 1979 – 1980 * – 1981 * – 1982 * – 1983 * – 1984 * – 1985 – (Last Hørgård Catalogue including Splitcane-rods) * –
Leonard (USA): The Leonard Database – 1894 (Mills & Son) * – …. – 1922 (Mills & Son) – …. – 1976 * – …. – 1978 price list – ….
Alex. Martin (UK): 1939 –
Mills & Son (USA): 1894 * – …. – 1922 – ….
Milward (UK): 1912 (The Fisherman’s List) – …. – 1935 ? – …. – 1937-38 – 1938-39 – 1939-40 – …. – 1954-55 – …. – 1958-59 – 1959-60 – 1960 + 1961 Pricelist – 1962, Supp. + 1962 and 1963 Pricelist – ….
Montagne (USA): 1983-84 * – …. – 1986 preview * – …. (Michael Montagne Quad Rods) – (Mike Montagne Speaks Out, an Interview by Reed F. Curry).
Montague (USA): 1931 – ….
Montgomery Ward & Co. (USA): 1894-95 * – ….
Orvis (USA): The Orvis Database – 1889 – …. – 1905 – …. – 1910 (New York Sporting Goods Co.) * – 1975 * – 1976 * – 1977 * – 1978 * – 1979 * – …. – 1981 * – 1982 * – 1983 * – 1984 * – 1985 * – 1986 * – 1987 – 1988 – …. – 1990 * – …. – 1992 * – …. – 1994 * – 1995 * – 1996 * – 1997 * – 1998 * – 1999 * – 2000 * – 2001 * – 2002 * – 2003 * – 2004 * – 2005 * – (No Splitcane/Bamboo Rods in the 2006 – 2007 – 2008 – 2009 Catalogues) – 2010 * – …. – (No Splitcane/Bamboo Rods in the 2012 Catalogue).
Partridge (UK): 1983 * – ….
Payne (USA): Fishing ? (1925+) * – ….
Pezon & Michel (France): (Pezon-et-Michel-The-Story by P. Potocco, S. Potocco and S. Cassoni), (The Split-Bamboo Rods of Pezon et Michel – by Pierre Coursaget and Laurent Sainsot), (Pezon & Michel Produced Fly Rods and Rod Dating) 1952 (All about Thread Line Fishing) * – …. – 1960 * – …. – 1967 * – …. – 1972 * – 1973 * – 1974 * – …. – 1976 * – 1977 * – …. – 2004 * – ….
Powell (USA): A Short Common Sense Treatise on Fly Rod Construction, E.C. Powel * – The Walton Powell Rod * – 1985 * – ….
Scott (USA): 2001 * – 2002 * – …. – 2012 * – …. – 2014 (FFE-EW) * – 2014 (FFE) * – …. – 2016 (FFE) * – 2017 (FFE) * – …. – 2019 (FFE) * – ….
Sears, Roebuck & Co. (USA): 1902 * – ….
Shakespeare (USA): Shakespeare Fly Rod Catalog Listing 1912 – 1952, from Classic Fly Rod Forum.
Sharpe (UK): Sharpes rodnumbering system – 1983 * – ….
South Bend (USA): 1929 – …. – 1937 – …. – 1939 – …. – 1948 – …. – 1950 – …. South Bend Fly Rod Catalog Listing 1924 – 1954 (1924 – 1947), from Classic Fly Rod Forum. South Bend Fly Rod Catalog Listing 1924 – 1954 (1948 – 1954), from Classic Fly Rod Forum, South Bend Fly Rod Catalog Listing 1924 – 1954 ( listing details of all reel seats, grips, windings, hardware, sizes, weights and years of production), from Classic Fly Rod Forum.
F.E. Thomas (USA): 1955 – ….
Thomas & Thomas (USA): 1979 – …. – 1982 – 1983 * – 1984 * – …. – 1994 (Swedish edition) * – …. – 1997 * – …. – 1999 * – …. – 2003 * – …. – 2005 * – …. – 2007 * – …. – 2009 * – ….
J. Warner & Sons, Ltd. (UK): 19xx ? – …. –
Weir & Son (USA): 1982 * – ….
Wilkinson Co. (USA): 1896 (The Kosmic Rod) * – ….
Dermot Wilson (UK). Including Rods from Hardy, Sharpe, Pezon & Michel and Dennis Bailey: 1972 * – 1973 * – 1974 * – 1975 * – 1976 * – 1977 * – 1978 * – 1979 (D. Wilson – Frank Sawyer Nymph Rod) * – 1980 * – 1981 * – ….
Winston (USA): 1975 * – …. – 1992 – …. – 1996 * – 1997 * – …. – 2000 – …. – 2005 * – ….
