RL Winston Bamboo Fly Rod 7'6" 2/2 #5

RL Winston Bamboo Fly Rod 7'6" 2/2 #5An excellent RL Winston fly rod, 7'6", 2 piece, 2 tip, built during the San Francisco era. Serial #7545, which I believe should put the manufacture date in the mid 1950's. This was one of their light trout models and is listed at 3 1 4 ounces (though my scale has it at 3 ounces). The patent number and owner's name are inked on the rod. This feels like a nice medium fast action 5 weight to me. Very lightly used condition with no ascertainable soiling

Both sections are full length though the tip has a very slight set

17/64 ferrules

For sale here is a wonderful little Kineya Cavous Reel in brass finish with nickel silver pillars and screw fittings

whose name would become familiar to two generations of the firm's customers and would echo down even to our own time

Large snake guides and agate stripper

bright aluminum reel seat with a classic Winston bakelite spacer

look beautiful on a fly reel and is completely corrosion proof

but not overly objectionable while winding the reel

Scarborough and London

and Bogdan ID plate

and have never been repaired

Downlocking screw lock with a butternut spacer