Fred Kretchman Bamboo Fly Rod 6'6" 3/2 #3

Fred Kretchman Bamboo Fly Rod 6'6" 3/2 #3A nice Fred Kretchman bamboo fly rod, 6'6", 3 piece, 2 tips, and built for a #3 line. Serial #00 66 04. The rod weighs 3 ounces on my scale. Mint condition. Nice medium fast action that is still semi full flexing and which benefits the action of a short rod. Light flame cane in a three up pattern in the butt. The wraps are brown with yellow edges and an extra band of red at the keeper and the ferrules. The stripping guide is a red agate in an oxidized

The rod bag is original and a copper colored silk-like material

Truly one of the finest Hardy reels for the collector or fisherman

Indented witness marks

Exceptionally clean otherwise

220 yards 30#M with 8WFF

Not surprisingly

Tan bag with red Edwards Quadrate stamp on bag

For sale here is one of Tom Maxwell's personal fishing rods

The all-blue anodized versions are extremely difficult to locate on the resale market

and foot are made of 6061-T651 cold finished aerospace-grade aluminum

Serial number 4202

Cigar grip 5 3/4" in length with light soiling above and below the plastic