I had a Thramer-built Dickerson 801510 (one of the first he built), and I after a few years had never really developed a relationship with it. I traded it back to him last year as partial payment on an 8' hollowbuilt on his own taper. Dunno about any of his other classic taper rods. That said, I have three "Thramer taper" eight footers now and love all of them.

FWIW, in one of our discussions while the current rod was being built, AJ said he often had second thoughts about having gotten into the "replica rod" business. I have heard some wonderful things from other owners about his Leonard Mod 50 replica and his Dickerson 7613.

EP