Ed Houston Fly Rod 9'6" 3/2 #8/9

Ed Houston Fly Rod 9'6" 3/2 #8/9A rare Ed Houston fly rod, 9'6", 3 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #8 or #9 line. 6. 7 ounces. Powerful medium action. Excellent condition that may have been lawn cast only. Edwin Houston, the builder of this rod, was the shop foreman at the Thomas Rod Co, and this is the first of his rods that I have seen. The varnish is in excellent condition. Random node spacing in lightly flamed cane. The wraps are dark brown with green edges at the keeper, and male

Comes with its original Sage suede zippered reel pouch

A 1/5 spare spool for a Charlton 8350C fly reel

Amberised curly maple spacer with a cap and ring slide band seat

For sale here is a very fine Wheatley fly reservoir with approximately 120 unused and beautifully-tied salmon flies

The rod has a classic medium-fast action

The rod features chestnut wraps with red tipping

unique braking material from Carbon Matrix precision machined to a tolerance of +/- 0

The other sections are full-length and original

It is nice and straight

The bright nickel silver ferrules have retained an excellent fit

Small corner is missing from the back cover as shown in the second photo

Comes in a nylon Eddie Bauer bag