Rob,
the pipe was mine, and yes Richard gave me his first Peregrine in the shop to try, it was the Blue 9ft 3" 6 weight and it was and suppose still is a lovely thing to fish with, it is in my garage along with 2 x 9ft 9 4 weights an 8ft 6 4 weight a 9ft 5 weight a 10ft 6 6/7 weight a 9ft 8 weight and the 15ft 10/11 weight.
One of
these days I need to dig through all the old stuff in the garage and take it out for a play.
I really liked the original Peregrine rods, I spoke to Roger from Peregrine recently, he will still repair the old fly rods but is not interested in manufacturing anymore as he stated that the market and margins in carp rods are a more viable business model down his way.
Eddie