Homer Jennings Bamboo Fly Rod 7'6" 3/2 #4/5

Homer Jennings Bamboo Fly Rod 7'6" 3/2 #4/5A nice Homer Jennings bamboo fly rod, 7'6", 3 piece, 2 tip, built for a #4 or #5 line. Serial #390. 4 ounces. Used but in excellent almost near mint condition. There is some slight hand soiling to the grip which is the only real sign of use I could find. The rod action is on the faster side of medium. Blonde oven tempered cane done in a three up node pattern. Excellent cane work evidenced by the very small nodes and the lack of any glue seams

Red cloth bag and the aluminum tube has the attractive Bolt data sticker affixed

Al Talbot was an expert machinist and is responsible for designing and building the milling machine that the Winston Rod Company has used since the late 1960's

Original bag and tube with the majority of original label present

This reel belongs on a nice two-handed rod to chase steelhead or salmon once again

The rod features mildly heat tempered impregnated cane with translucent caramel colored wraps and cinnamon tipping at the winding check

Stamped "Mark II Duplicated" on the spool though only a single check is found inside

Thomas Special

Fully customized handmade leather tube

reproduced from The Fishing Gazette

The reel is set up for left hand retrieve but can be switched to right by the buyer

or graphite rod alike

Nice price on likely the most popular Leonard model in their storied history