Phillipson Peerless Dry Fly Special Bamboo Rod 8'6 3/2 6wt

Phillipson Peerless Dry Fly Special Bamboo Rod 8'6 3/2 6wtFor sale here is a Phillipson impregnated bamboo rod Peerless "5" Dry Fly Special 8'6" 3 2 for a 6wt line. Dark impregnated cane, beautiful and classic Phillipson wraps henna brown tipped with yellow spiral wraps. Cigar cork grip with Phillipson bronze anodized aluminum reel seat. The nickel silver ferrules are size 12 64 and 18 64 and fit together nicely. Excellent plus original condition. Strong medium fast action with a lot of backbone. The rod

for a 2-3 wt

and it is adjusted via a range knob combined with a lever

the Delaware system

The flies were tied by Howells himself - they are in exceptional condition and very well tied as Howells was a very accomplished tyer

The reel foot is full length and not filed

The spool capacity for the 3/4 is WF4+80

Set up with a carbide stripper and black snake guides

brown at the ferrules and keeper

beautifully flamed cane

This vise includes the original hex wrench and an extension post that screws in to the main post giving the tyer an extra 3" of height

Corsetti is no longer producing Peerless reels

the serial numbers appear lighter than all other areas of the rods