Kushner, Morris - "Celereme" Bamboo Rod - 7'3 4wt

Kushner, Morris - "Celereme" Bamboo Rod - 7'3 4wtFor sale here is a very rare Morris Kushner "Celereme" bamboo rod 7 feet three inches, three sections and two tips, for a 4 weight line. Kushner rods are very scarce as he made less than 200 rods (most people say ~100) in his Michigan shop from the early 1950's until his death in 1973. Kushner was a Russian immigrant who had a metal working operation not far from the Paul Young Rod Co. shop. He built all of his own rod making equipment. Bob Summers

3 inch diameter including pillars

The rod comes with a finial style aluminum and cork ferrule plug

There have been no repairs or everything about the reel appears to be original

The half wells grip is in fine condition

For sale here is a nice example of this early Hardy Perfect 1920s 3 1/2" wide drum fly reel

The action is on the medium side of medium-fast

Pale green and black jasper silks with two bands of gold tipping

5" in length

Bright aluminum down-locking reel seat over a walnut spacer

A fine piece for the fly collector and the top also makes a great display item for your vintage tackle items

agate stripper

These rods are not white