Gary Howells Fly Rod 7'6" 2/2 #4

Gary Howells Fly Rod 7'6" 2/2 #4An excellent Gary Howells fly rod, 7'6", 2 piece, 2 tip, for a #4 line. Serial #4127. Medium action rod, probably more on the quick end for Gary's rods. Very high quality varnish. Brown wraps with yellow edges, and red accents at the keeper. Ferrules are wrapped over in Gary's usual fashion. The grip is 11 corks and measures 5 1 2" long, carefully sculpted into a western style design. Polished aluminum uplocking screwlock with a Spanish cedar wood

Uplocking slide band reel seat with a birds eye maple spacer

A nice classic style reel in a versatile size

Eight-sided rear cork check which matches the eight-sided rod tube

as this was the last rod that Gary ever built

this one dating from 1951

and this biography sheds much new light on their achievements

Brown wraps with red edges

Payne-style nickel silver cork check

This "Four" is a classic example of the kind of high-quality rods that came out of Sam's workshop for many many years

and beautifully represented here

The 13 1/2" half wells grip is lightly soiled

Sparse gave the rod to Everett Garrison to modify and improve the action