Per Brandin Quad Fly Rod 866 DF HB 8'6" 3/2 #6

Per Brandin Quad Fly Rod 866 DF HB 8'6" 3/2 #6An excellent 8'6" #6 Per Brandin quad. This 3 piece rod is in very good condition and comes with 3 tips, one of which has a slightly flatter taper for use with wet flies. The bright spar varnish is in excellent condition and the rod has handsome, understated adornments. The cane has a medium flame color and has been wrapped in light olive with black edges at the ferrules and the keeper. Rod is marked "Brandin", "866 3DF", and "HB 1 00". The reel seat

A nice Leonard 38H 2-piece

Burgundy silk wraps with three Thomas-style wind-aways at keeper and male ferrules

Comes in a brown suede pouch

Pocket cap stamped "made by Hardy's England"

Walt's rods are scarcer by the year and this is an excellent example of the Catskill school rodmaker

Comes in a red fleece pouch

Paul Hermann reels are the rarest to be found of reel makers in the Vom Hofe and Walker tradition

Black SRMC stripping guide with black high speed steel snake guides and small hoop tip-tops

Marked as serial number 26 it runs a full 3 3/4" inches in diameter

Filled with mostly steelhead patterns

This rod has a surprisingly sweet feeling medium action and all sections are straight as a pin

Comes in the original bag and brass topped tube