Barder Rod Co 7¼’ #4-weight 2-piece 2-top fly rod.
Completed in 1997, this is an exceptionally fine rod in unused condition.
£2,500.00
Built in 1997, this rod has not been fished with -yet. What a lovely, precise, energetic wand it is. If rods could talk (they can’t- naturally, I’ve tried), this one would be pleading to be taken fishing. What fun you’ll have with it on the upper reaches of the Derbyshire Wye, the Hampshire Bourne, the West Dart or the Dorset Piddle.
It’s a super length for smaller streams, and not so small streams if you’re wading.Very light (3.6 oz) but steely, it’ll cast nicely with a weight forward #3 line or a #4, either double taper or weight forward. I firmly maintain that a really first class split cane seven footer can’t be beaten.
As you can see from the accompanying pictures, this is a strikingly attractive rod in perfect condition. Its price is extraordinarily reasonable and it’s available now, in readiness for next Spring.
Specification.
Flame tempered, extra select Tonkin bamboo, hand split and straightened before tapering and assembling to tolerances of +/- one thousandth of an inch. All sections are perfectly straight.
Oxidised Super-Z pattern nickel silver ferrules made in-house. These fit perfectly and have a hand turned olive wood stopper.
Finely knurled nickel silver reel seat fittings with a highly figured Olive wood spacer.
Flor grade cork handle turned to a comfortable cigar shape. Nickel silver shoulder collar and cork check.
Bronzed stainless steel snake guides, Mildrum SRMC size 8 butt ring and matching tip rings. A hook keeper is whipped on above the handle.
Whipped with Pearsall’s Gossamer Cardinal silk thread, tipped with burnt Siena silk.
Numbered, mirrored tips & the rod’s particulars inscribed above the handle with Indian ink.
Perfect marine grade varnish finish.
Tailor made bag with integral tip protector.
Barder Rod Co screw cap aluminium case.