RL Winston Bamboo Fly Rod 8’ 2/1 #4 8'10" Pleasing fixed check drag

Pleasing fixed check drag

but without the bulk

Cork disc drag with drag knob on the back plate

For sale here is a fantastic ATH-like reel from the time when Hardy was getting really high tech and still making them in England

A very rare and highly unusual Leonard rod here

RL Winston Bamboo Fly Rod 8’ 2/1 #4 8'10" Pleasing fixed check dragAn R. L. Winston bamboo fly rod, 8', 2 piece, 1 tip (made that way) and built for what feels to me like a #4 line. Serial #1307. The rod weighs 3. 5 ounces on my scale. Full flexing action. It has some minor scratches and scuffing to the varnish on the butt. The grip is as clean as a whistle and I think the rod has been used very little. The cane is a dark wheat straw color, oven tempered with slightly darker nodes in a three up pattern. The main