ST CROIX PACEMAKER 540 2 PIECE ROD Berkley Para Metric Hard Case + Rod Sock VTG

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RARE
ST CROIX PACEMAKER 540 2 piece rod with Berkley Para-Metric Hard Case + 2 Pocket Rod Sock Made in the USA
- VINTAGE
These were in Great Gramps fishing equipment which he collected over many, many decades. Information provided is to the best of our knowledge and from the Internet. ~SEE PHOTOS FOR DETAILS~
FEATURES:
Model: St. Croix Pacemaker
Grips: Cork grips
Reel Seat: Brown metal
Guides: 4 metal conventional guides – 3 plus the tip top
Wrapping: Original factory wrapping
ST Croix History (from the Internet):
The St. Croix story has evolved over 70 years and our path has taken many different twists and turns, with some being more successful than others. But our occasional missteps have never defined us. How we have responded to them most certainly has. With a gritty determination, St. Croix built the most advanced fishing rod facility in the world and with it, a world-class brand that has earned the respect and admiration of anglers around the planet. We will continue to challenge ourselves, our employees and our partners to be the best every day.
Founding brothers Bob and Bill Johnson started St. Croix Rods in 1948 in Minneapolis when they created the first multi-section bamboo fishing pole. Metal connections that held the bamboo sections together while fishing allowed anglers to pull the sections apart to make the rod more compact when traveling.
This simple innovation created a big demand. To meet it and keep costs down, the brothers opened factories in two northwestern Wisconsin towns: Unity and Loyal. A fishing trip to Park Falls in 1953, however, lured production away, and St. Croix held a grand opening at its current home in November 1954.
By 1955, fiberglass was the trendy new fishing rod material. St. Croix was already shaping fiberglass into species-specific rods, with 24 designed just for salmon and steelhead.
BERKLEY HISTORY (from their website):
The Berkley story is deeply rooted in the idea of the American Dream. It is about humble beginnings and unexpected success. It's about hard work, struggle, and tough times. And it's about building partnerships to accomplish goals. Still, the story of Berkley is much more than the story of Berkley Bedell. It's also the story of dedicated co-workers and loyal customers, who were equally willing to take risks.
It all began in Spirit Lake, Iowa, in June of 1937, when 16-year old Berkley Bedell took .00 from his paper route earnings to start a business selling his hand-tied flies to fishing tackle shops and vacationing anglers. In his upstairs bedroom, with hair clipped from the family dog, Stubby, and feathers from the backyard chickens, young Berkley crafted flies to entice local bluegill and bass from their underwater cover. The Berkley Fly Co. was founded.
By the time Berk graduated from high school in 1939, he was employing several area girls who made flies, silkworm gut, and cable wire leaders in their homes. The business soon outgrew Berk's parent's basement and living room. He expanded to the second floor of the local grocery store, using a tub filled with ice and a fan for air conditioning.
After attending the state university and serving in the Army Air Corps, Berk returned to Spirit Lake in 1945 to start Berkley and Company. The business focus was on its cable wire leaders. One evening, while reading Popular Science, Berk learned about a Connecticut company that was producing nylon-covered cable for sailboat rigging. After visiting their plant, he began to work on nylon-coated wire for use in fishing leaders. Soon, the Steelon? leader was introduced and production began in Spirit Lake. Shortly after this, the distinctive Berkley heart logo was designed with the slogan "nylon leader with a heart of stainless steel."
Berk next became interested in extruding nylon monofilament fishing line. At that time, all nylon came from DuPont. After receiving a license from DuPont, Berk returned to Spirit Lake to begin work developing equipment to produce nylon. The initial extrusion equipment consisted of reclaimed washing machine wringers, bicycle wheels, and other homespun materials. Soon Berkley was marketing private brand mono as well as Dew Flex monofilament. Ongoing experimentation would soon yield the company's breakthrough innovation - Trilene.
In 1959, Berkley introduced Trilene at about the same time DuPont introduced Stren. To help introduce the new line, Berk sent out thousands of sample spools of line and asked store owners to have their best fisherman try it on a spinning reel. Fishermen loved the line and it began the successful launch of Berkley Trilene.
The next four decades were a time of great growth for the company. In the 1960's Berkley entered into the rod business, which lead to international expansion in the 1970's. Soft plastic baits made an appearance in the 1980's. The 1990's through today have seen significant technology improvements in all of the Berkley products. From the beginning, Berkley has committed significant resources to research and development - a continuing strategy that has resulted in countless product innovations, including Berkley Trilene, the Lightning Rod, PowerBait, FireLine, and more recently Gulp!? and Gulp! Alive.
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