Mark Canfield "Spring Creek Guide" Fly Rod 7'6" 2/2 #5

Mark Canfield "Spring Creek Guide" Fly Rod 7'6" 2/2 #5A nice Mark Canfield (Red Willow and Co.) fly rod, 7'6", 2 piece, 2 tip, built for a #5 line. 4. 3 oz. This rod shows signs of light use, mostly some grip soiling. Very fast D F action. Serial #480. The tube data sticker indicates the rod was made from pre WWII E. C. Powell cane. The bamboo has a light flame treatment and 3 up node pattern. The varnish work is of excellent quality, some of the best I have seen. Brown main wraps with an agate stripper

While visiting a friend's house in the late 1990's I was given a copy of "The Wedding Gift" for bedtime reading

Scandi or long belly) 400-650 grains

Catskill fly-tying legend Art Flick

Rod shafts are wrapped green olive with brown olive intermediates

owner of the Carlson Rod Company

Serial #3882

Truly a fantastic offering

a regular snake for a stripping guide and a short grip and reel seat)

2/2 format for a 4-5 weight line

No end play or wobble - a very tight reel

From the shop of noted reelmaker Joe Saracione comes this extremely rare limited edition set of saltwater reels - the "Bonefish"

The butt provides a good deal of backbone for a 3wt