Russ Peak Graphite Fly Rod 8'7" 4/1 #5/6/7

Russ Peak Graphite Fly Rod 8'7" 4/1 #5/6/7A Russ Peak Zenith graphite fly rod, 8'7", 4 piece, 1 tip, and built for a #5 6 7 line. Black carbon fiber blank with sleeve over ferrules. Very fast action. Black main wraps with a ceramic stripper and chrome guides. The original owner's name is inked on the rod. The grip is 7" long and shaped to a half wells profile. The seat is an uplocking screwlock of black anodized aluminum. The rod bag is brown and the tube is all aluminum with the Russ Peak

Includes original bag and aluminum tube sans label

This is a great ultra-stealth rod for easily spooked brookies in high mountain streams

this rod feels like it would be a delight on a small stream

stabilized walnut spacer

Sideplates are hard rubber with an attractive finish

weighing only six ounces and was produced starting in 1911

The reel was stored in one place for a very long time and thus the hard rubber is darker on the headplate where the handle rested for so long (see last photo)

Charcoal frame and spool

Revised Edition

Up-locking reel seat over spanish cedar spacer

stripping guide

retaining most original dark lead finish/lacquer