{"product_id":"eagle-claw-packit-spin-fly-combination-pack-rod-wright-amp-mcgill-co-denver-honey-fiberglass-c-1975","title":"Eagle Claw \"Packit\" Spin\/Fly Combination Pack Rod, Wright \u0026amp; McGill Co. Denver, Honey Fiberglass, c. 1975","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA four-piece travel rod in honey-gold fiberglass, built by Wright \u0026amp; McGill in Denver and marked on the blank the way rods were marked when the marking was done by hand: \u003cem\u003eEagle Claw \"Packit\" — No. PKRR149 — 7½ FT. (229cm) — Spin\/Fly Combination — Line Size 7\u003c\/em\u003e, with the company's eagle-and-claw device struck just ahead of the grip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt's a convertible. Break it down and rebuild it one way and you have a 7½-foot fly rod rated for a 7-weight line; rebuild it the other and you have a light spinning rod. That was the whole idea — one rod that came apart short enough to ride in a pack or a trunk and covered whatever water you found at the end of the drive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe details are the reason to look twice. Chestnut thread wraps at every ferrule and guide foot, still tight. A knurled brass reel seat with the warm, unpolished bloom that brass only gets from being handled. And a long cork foregrip that has darkened unevenly across decades of grip and river water — the pits and the shading are the record of it. The spinning reel it's paired with came to us on the rod and stays with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWright \u0026amp; McGill was founded in Denver in the late 1920s by Stan Wright and Drew McGill, first as a fly-tying house. The company's fortune turned on a single idea: McGill, fishing the Upper Colorado, reshaped a hook point into an inward curve modeled on an eagle's talon — the first meaningful improvement to the fish hook in centuries, and the origin of the Eagle Claw name that's still on the blank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBy the postwar years the company was building rods as well as hooks, and the pack rod became a Denver specialty. Wright \u0026amp; McGill's Trailmaster series had made the multi-piece spin\/fly convertible famous with backcountry anglers through the 1950s and '60s; the \"Packit\" carried that idea forward into the fiberglass era for the generation that fished out of a station wagon. This one is stamped \u003cstrong\u003eDenver, Colorado, U.S.A.\u003c\/strong\u003e — from the years when it was still made there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConvertible spin\/fly pack rod with paired spinning reel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWright \u0026amp; McGill Co.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDenver, Colorado, U.S.A.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eModel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEagle Claw \"Packit,\" No. PKRR149, 7½ ft. (229 cm)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMulti-piece takedown blank, cork foregrip, knurled brass reel seat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTubular fiberglass, cork, brass, chestnut thread wraps\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLine Rating\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFly line size 7\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1975–1985\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSound and complete, with honest wear throughout — darkening and surface pitting to the cork grip, light patina to the brass and reel, wraps intact. Displays beautifully and remains functional. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHoney-gold glass against a dark wall is one of the quietest good decisions you can make. Stood in the corner of a study, laid across a pair of iron brackets above a doorway, or leaned beside a stone fireplace, this rod reads as line and warmth — a long amber stroke that softens a room full of hard edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt works because it isn't decorative. Someone chose this rod for the specific reason that it would fit in a pack, and then used it enough to wear the cork down unevenly. That's the kind of object that anchors a room: not staged, just kept. It belongs in a cabin, a lake house, a wood-paneled office, or anywhere you want a little Colorado on the wall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47968332054633,"sku":null,"price":189.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_3170.jpg?v=1788170160","url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/products\/eagle-claw-packit-spin-fly-combination-pack-rod-wright-amp-mcgill-co-denver-honey-fiberglass-c-1975","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}