VERY UNIQUE VINTAGE SET OF A 5 PIECE HEXAGON SPLIT BAMBOO ROD. INCLUDES 3 TIP SECTIONS: 2 FLY ACTIONS AND 1 CASTING SECTION. BASE AND SECTIONS EACH ABOUT 32 INCHES LONG. TOTAL FLY SECTIONS ( 3 PIECES ) 8 FEET. TOTAL CASTING ( 2 SECTIONS ) 5' 4". THE HANDLE SLIDES OUT TO REVERSE THE REEL SEAT FROM FLY TO CAST USAGE.
NEVER USED. FROM AN ESTATE OF AN AVID ANGLER WHO FISHED ALL OVER THE WORLD AND ACCUMULATED AN ENORMOUS QUANTITY OF RODS, REELS, LURES; MUCH OF WHICH WAS NEVER USED, LIKE THIS SET.
AGE OF THIS SET IS NOT KNOWN, BUT ASSUREDLY A FEW DECADES. QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP, MADE IN JAPAN. PIECES IN A WOOD CASE. THE HASPS ON THE CASE ARE A LITTLE LOOSE, HENCE THE VELCRO CLOSURES. ALSO INCLUDES LEADERS, VERY LIGHT ACTION FLOATS, AND A HALF DOZEN FLIES TIED BY MASTER TYER GEORGE BROWN.
CASE WITH CONTENTS 34 X 3-1/2 X 2-1/2 AND WEIGHS ABOUT 1.8 POUNDS.