RL Winston Roderick Haig Brown Commemorative Fly Rod 9' 2/2 #7/8

RL Winston Roderick Haig Brown Commemorative Fly Rod 9' 2/2 #7/8A very nice RL Winston Haig Brown "Greased Liner" Commemorative bamboo fly rod, 9', 2 piece, 2 tip, built for a #7 or #8 line. Serial 3104 and number 5 of the 27 of these words that were built. 5. 9 ounces. Mint, unfished condition. At one point the agate in the second stripping guide had come loose and was so the guide was replaced at the Winston factory. Medium fast action. Medium wheat straw temper cane done in a three up node pattern. Apricot main

7" spool width

hard fighting Salmon on famous rivers around the world with the larger sizes

For sale here is a quite rare Gary Howells bamboo rod -- 7'3" 2/2 3wt

No ferrule plugs were provided and the rod came with a less expensive unpolished aluminum brass top tube

though it is awfully close

This offering comes from the estate of reel maker

Everything on it is correct

The aluminum tube is as mint as the rod with the Howells data sticker in tact

The rod is totally fishable as is

It is built for a #6 or #7 line

The cap and ring appear to be anodized with the sweetgrass logo anodized on the cap

This is contemporary bench-made reelmaking at its finest