Orvis Battenkill Fly Rod 8'6" 2/2 #9

Orvis Battenkill Fly Rod 8'6" 2/2 #9An Orvis Battenkill bamboo fly rod, 8'6", 2 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #9 line. Serial #52364. Weighs 5. 3 ounces. Modest used with minor hand soiling, some cosmetic casting cracks at the ferrules, and a minor hook nick on one of the tips. Medium to medium slow action. Dark oven temper cane done in a three up node pattern. Brown wraps with a carbide stripper and chrome guides. The grip is 6 1 2" long and shaped to a slim cigar profile. The seat is

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The rod is lettered "Thomas & Thomas 7'6" / #5" and the casting man on the wrap flat

Bright nickel silver cap and ring reel seat over a mortised butternut spacer

I began noticing an onlooker or two-- kids from the cancer center

Every part of the reel is original

11 cork 5 1/2" medium cigar grip is darkened from hand soiling but not overly so

The bottom cap on the screwlock has a delrin insert

Original tan cloth bag

Reel is in mint

The reel is in excellent condition with only a few hairline scratches in the ebonite plates

The reel is in as-new unfished condition

Someone has scratched GBG into the foot pillar as shown in the photos