Hardy Bros. "The Gold Medal" Palakona Bamboo Rod 9'6 3/2

Hardy Bros. "The Gold Medal" Palakona Bamboo Rod 9'6 3/2For sale here is a good clean useable Hardy cane fly rod. One ring on the mid section appears to have been re whipped; the spare broken tip has probably only been used once! This tip is only 3" short and with a new tip top would make a good addition. Spiral 'Lockfast' joints; butt and tip 'Agitype'; Hardy's 'Screwgrip' and cork covered housing reel seat, with rubber screw in button. Original Hardy rod bag with stopper pocket, in better than normal

Full-length and unaltered smooth brass foot with a slight kink in one end

4" frame diameter

Complete with wooden ferrule plugs as well as aluminum male ferrule protectors

Only two of these rods have ever been made by Walt

Serial #561 on reverse side

The adjustable check is nice and strong and the milled tension screw works as intended

The rod was built in 1974 by Doug Merrick during the transition from San Francisco to Twin Bridges

The reel is left hand retrieve and in excellent overall condition

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" with no address - this being the New York - Philadelphia marking

A fine copy of this limited edition book about the Bogdans

9′ 3/2 hollowbuilt quad for a #4 line