Bill Southam 1940s 10ft Split Cane Fishing Rod
William Southam of Sydney Australia was considered Australia's finest rod maker. Southam made a full line of boat and big game rods for deep-sea anglers. One of Southam's biggest supporters was Australia's famous big game angler Erroll Bullen. Bullen swore by Southam's rods and when Zane Grey came to Australia to do some fishing Bullen introduced him to Southam's rods. Grey was so taken by Southam's rods that he wrote in his book, American Angler In Australia - "We used hickory rods and some d