RL Winston Fly Rod 7'9" 3/2 #4 6'9" Set up for right-hand retrieve

Set up for right-hand retrieve but can be switched to left

The butt and the first guide on the bottom of the tip are bridge guides

For sale here are three wonderful Gary Howells ephemera items

(1931-2005) was an architect by profession and a renowned angler and angling author by avocation

RL Winston Fly Rod 7'9" 3/2 #4 6'9" Set up for right-hand retrieveA nice RL Winston bamboo rod, 7'9", 3 piece, 2 tip, built for a #4 line. Serial number 4295, just after the Brackett era. Medium fast action. The inscription on the rod shaft gives the weight as 3 ounces but my scale has it at 4. 3. Mint condition, with no grip soiling or brassing to the inner guides. The cane color is a light wheatstraw in the three up node configuration. Wraps are light brown with maroon edges at the keeper, ferrules, and tip tops.