RL Winston Bamboo Fly Rod 8'6" 3/2 #7 8 Aluminum cap and ring reel

Aluminum cap and ring reel seat over a cork spacer

Petersburg in 1950 shortly after the move from Brooklyn

Fixed click check

There is a bit of adhesive label residue that could easily be removed as well as a label still attached

This reel was a special order whereby the spool spins in the opposite direction of the handle

RL Winston Bamboo Fly Rod 8'6" 3/2 #7 8 Aluminum cap and ring reelA 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.