Pieces: 1PC
Length: 7'
Line Weight: 50lb
Guides and Tip: 6
This rod was built to jack Erskine's expectation.
This rod was built to Jack Erskine's personal specifications. It has been sitting in our store, gracing the avenue of fisherman's avenue for the past 12 years and during its time on display became an object of fascination for anglers from all over the globe. For the them the legend was so potent that many great fishing adventures were inspired by an encounter with it as a child. If you truly love fishing and know Jack Erskin then you'll know that this rod is priceless. We believe this rod deserves a loving fisherman with exceptional fishing skills and an appreciation for a fine piece of art like this rod. It is better that it is wielded by your hands, hooking up a dream marlin than sitting on the shop shelf collecting dust. If you are the winner, please make sure to look after it as if you were Jack himself.
Here is a brief history of Jack Erskin
Jack Erskin 1940-2012
2009 inducted into the International Game Fishing Association Hall of Fame.
"For 40 years Jack Erskine has been designing and developing cutting-edge tackle that revolutionized big-game fishing in Australia. As a youngster in Bourke in New South Wales, Jack was an enthusiastic freshwater angler.
He started fishing salt water when he moved to Sydney for an apprenticeship as a motor mechanic, and at the age of 22, when he began working at Arthur Chapman’s Sport Store, he was introduced to the world of fishing tackle.
In 1970 Jack moved his family to Cairns, where he joined forces with George Bransford, the legendary captain who had landed the area’s first 1,000 pound black marlin in September 1966, and together they established Bransford’s Tackle Shop.
When Jack and two partners took over Bransford’s in the early 1980s it became Jack Erskine's Tackle Shop, and it was here Jack remained until 1993.
In the 1970s the Cairns black marlin fishery was in its infancy. Most of the available fishing tackle was so inferior it was torn apart by the huge fish, leaving the charter fleet ill-prepared to meet demands from local and international anglers anxious to test their skills against these giants. Erskine saw and experienced the failures firsthand and resolved to make changes to the equipment being used. As a skilled fisherman and a trained mechanic with an analytical mind, he was the ideal person for the job.
Jack began with fishing rods and quickly developed an expertise for designing and handcrafting custom pieces. But his specialty was modifying reels, drag systems in particular, working over existing models and dramatically improving their reliability and performance. Jack transformed his ideas into prototypes, then tested the prototypes on the water.
The Great Barrier Reef’s heavy-tackle fishery afforded countless challenges, and each trip provided the opportunity to see if his innovations and alterations – in reels, rods, harnesses, chairs, and terminal tackle – were up to the battle. Jack Erskine’s work ethic and reliability are legendary. During the season, when the charter boats often fished up to 100 days straight, he arrived at the docks at five a.m. to make sure the skippers, crew and anglers had everything they needed. In the evening he stopped back to collect equipment needing repair or replacement, and the following morning he returned, working tackle in hand.
Erskine’s products were superior and soon his reputation was as well. Renowned big-game anglers from around the world entrusted him exclusively with their tackle. Before long, manufacturers began seeking Jack’s advice and skills, and through the years almost every major company has benefited from his expertise. His association with Penn dates back to 1974, and he’s worked with Abu Garcia, Shimano, Fin-Nor, Hardy, Sufix, Jarvis Walker, and Zebco.
In 1994 Erskine came to the United States at the request of Johnny Morris to assist with Offshore Angler, Bass Pro Shop’s new saltwater division. Four years later he was back in Cairns and back in his own business, and for the past decade, through Jack Erskine Precision Reel Engineering, he’s continued his tradition of providing high-quality workmanship with a personal touch. An exceptionally skilled angler and one of Australia’s finest light-tackle specialists, Jack’s caught dozens of billfish on fly and is the only angler to capture eight black marlin on four-pound line in a single day, setting four consecutive world records. He’s been part of teams that placed first, second or third in more than 45 tournaments.
In the early 1970s he pioneered the use of heavy spinning tackle for billfish, and he proved naysayers wrong when he landed more than 300 fish with the technique, which became popular around the globe for both live baiting and trolling the smaller species of billfish. Jack is a founding member of the Sydney Sportfishing Club and the Australian National Sportfishing Association.
In 2000 he was honored by ANSA’s Queensland branch with their Ron Dempster Award for his outstanding contributions to recreational angling. And in 2006 he was one of the first five people inducted into the Cairns Black Marlin Hall of Fame. Jack Erskine’s role in the development of tackle is undeniable, for he improved the very fundamentals of the equipment used in modern sport fishing. His artistry is evident in his meticulously crafted rods and reels which continue to stand the test of time and set benchmarks by which others are judged. And he remains highly regarded and respected by the world’s anglers and throughout the industry for his knowledge and expertise - and his eagerness to share both. As Jack Erskine is inducted into the Fishing Hall of Fame, the IGFA applauds his outstanding and lasting contributions to recreational angling."
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