Gary Howells Fly Rod 8' 2/2 #5

Gary Howells Fly Rod 8' 2/2 #5An excellent Gary Howells Fly rod, an 8' 2 piece, 2 tip rod for a #5 line. Listed as 3 7 8 oz. in weight and serial #5911. This rod is medium slow action. It has been lightly used some hand soiling to the western style grip are the only meaningful signs of use that I can see. This rod is remarkably straight. Uplocking screw lock with the usual wood spacer, along with chrome guides, hook keeper, and brown wraps tipped in yellow. As usual with Gary's

Brushed aluminum tube with a brass top and the T & T logo sticker

Sparse also relates how he kept the rod away from John Alden Knight

Rod tube is original

Pocket cap is gold anodized and stamped "Hardy's Reg'd universal reel holder"

the lower one being an agate

with the typical S-style handle

A Thomas and Thomas 7' 2-piece

No ferrule plugs (I didn't make them then

This is the classic Leonard smaller stream rod

A Kusse 8' fly rod in very good condition with nice straight sections

A rare Hardy St

Brass ferrule plugs