RL Winston Bamboo Fly Rod 8'6" 3/2 #7 8 Fixed click check

Fixed click check

Aluminum cap and ring reel seat over a cork spacer

The wraps are described by Garner in Playing with Fire as purple tipped with gold but to my eye the purple appears more a mahogany brown

For sale here is a Bogdan Model 00 fly reel in like new condition with original suede pouch

The spool rotates freely from the crank

RL Winston Bamboo Fly Rod 8'6" 3/2 #7 8 Fixed click checkA superb RL Winston fly rod, 8'6", 3 piece, 2 tip, built for a #7 line. Serial #3852 which puts the date of manufacture as September of 2006 and likely one of the last rods from the Glenn Brackett period. 5 ounces according to my scale, slightly above the 4 5 8 ounces listed on the rod. The rod condition is completely mint. The action is medium. Oven tempered wheat straw color cane in three up node pattern construction. Excellent top shelf varnish.