Gary Howells Bamboo Fly Rod 8' 2/2 #5

Gary Howells Bamboo Fly Rod 8' 2/2 #5A nice Gary Howells bamboo fly rod, 8', 2 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #5 line. Serial #4708, dating this to 1981. The rod weighs 4 ounces on my scale. Used but good condition, with some light soiling to the grip and some cosmetic casting cracks to the ferrule wraps. Medium action. Excellent varnish. Three up node pattern with oven tempered cane. The main wraps are color preserved brown with yellow edges. SRMC carbide stripper and chrome snakes and

2-tip model built for a #4 line

A superb Ari 't Hart Remco fly reel in the very desirable phillips braun / silver color combination

Black silks with red and black tipping at the ferrules

Front plate has one tiny nick as shown in last photo

For sale here is a Bogdan Baby Trout Wide (4wt) fly reel in excellent plus condition

The spool is loaded with backing

Fairly neutral bias to the retrieve

with the Cortland Sylk line and backing included with this sale

however in the accompanying letter Hoagy admits to having mis-lettered the tips with one inked as "B-8-1" instead of "C-8-1"

For sale here is a stunning hollow-built Mike Montagne rectangular-quadrate 8' 2/2 5wt bamboo rod

which is of the same material

The 6" long cork grip is styled to a western profile with a hidden pocket cap