Warren Duncan Tribute Salmon Fly Shadowbox

Warren Duncan Tribute Salmon Fly ShadowboxA handsome Warren Duncan tribute shadow box. Consists of a photo of Warren at his vise, a second panel with 5 mounted flies, and a third small panel with his card in it. The three flies along the bottom are green machines. I cannot identify the top 2 flies but they are a hair wing and feather wing variation of each other. The Dunc's Fly Shop card has "thank you, Dunc" handwritten on it. One of my favorite salmon tiers who is sadly missed in fact, I

The slide band seat is varnished mahogany (and originally part of a large plank selected from a warehouse in Brooklyn by yours truly)

Straw colored cane with a spiral node pattern

pre logo die stamp

an 8' 2-piece

I've added an updated brass-and-cork ferrule plug for the female on the butt section

Standard blonde cane

Wraps are an almost transparent tan with light brown edges

Koa mortised slide band seat

and a 12th edition copy of John Taintor Foote's classic work "The Wedding Gift"

The details: this rod has Payne-style nodes and temper system

A nice medium action

As noted the #3 tip is a slightly lighter color with the #4 a slightly darker temper