RODS
AVAILABILITY
The Granger Registered began with Goodwin Granger and continued to be offered by Wright & McGill as the highest available grade. Wright & McGill Registered’s were first listed in the 1947 Catalog at a cost of $100. It last appeared in the 1952 Catalog. In 6 short years, Wright & McGill produced approximately 325 Registered rods.
Each rod was “registered” to the original owner by a card that was stored at the Granger factory. Each card contained the owner’s name, address, purchase date and rod serial number.
In all, the Registered grade was only produced for a total of about 8 or 9 years with fewer than 400 produced—making it one of the rarest of fine cane fly rods.
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FEATURES
The Granger Registered rod was the epitome of the rod makers craft in Colorado. The special features that set the Registered rods apart from all others include a serial number on each rod, white trim wraps at both ends of the black wraps, a chrome plated internal uplocking reel seat rather than the normal nickel silver type, and a hook keeper. They were the only Granger rods fitted by the factory with a hook keeper.
Each rod came in a black bag and a black tube with an inscribed medallion attached to the tube. The tubes for the Registered rods were aluminum for all years except 1942, when World War II forced a switch to plastic tubes.