The first carbon fibre rod in the world - 22/05/09

This historic rod was made from the first batch of carbon fibre tows as a joint development between Hardy's, RAE Farnborough and the Moncrieff Rod Develoment Company (a company consisting of Leslie Moncrieff, Fred Buller, Dick Walker and Fred J Taylor acting as consultants) and is the first rod to bve manufactured from carbon fibre. The rod, kindly donated by Fred Buller MBE also comes with a letter of provenance from Hardy. If you look in the article section, you will se a piece written about the life of this rod