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Vintage Fenwick Feralite FS90 two-piece spinning rod in very nice overall condition.
This is one of Fenwick’s classic brown Feralite rods, featuring the distinctive translucent brown blank, traditional cork handle, metal reel seat and period guide/wrap construction.
Factory specifications:
* Brand: Fenwick
* Series: Feralite
* Model: FS90
* Length: 9’
* Pieces: 2
* Rod weight: 9⅛ oz.
* Lure rating: 1/2–1 oz.
* Line rating: 8–15 lb
* Configuration: Spinning
* Serial number: H71164
* Cork foregrip and rear grip
* Metal reel seat
* Brown Feralite blank
* Original-style guide wraps
* Feralite ferrule system
The rod presents very well for its age. Blank retains a nice glossy finish, the cork shows relatively light age/use wear, and the guides and wraps appear clean and intact. Reel seat also presents nicely with normal age-related wear.
The Feralite ferrule is particularly characteristic of these older Fenwick rods; your photo even retains the original printed instruction to twist the ferrule on/off and apply paraffin as needed.
The 9’, 8–15 lb, 1/2–1 oz. combination puts this squarely into the longer medium-power spinning category—very suitable for salmon/steelhead, larger trout and similar applications. Interestingly, Fenwick still uses a very similar 9’, medium, 8–15 lb configuration in its modern salmon/steelhead rods.
