Bob Summers Model 856 Deluxe Bamboo Rod 8' 2/2 #5/6 11'3" Gold silks with black tipping

Gold silks with black tipping and full gold intermediates

strap-over rim tension controls

Black aluminum corrosion-resistant up-locking reel seat over a matching spacer and a 1" cork/foam fighting butt

For sale here is a very scarce Dingley 3" caged spool fly reel made for gunmaker Westley Richards of Birmingham

also nearly impossible to locate on rods of this era

Bob Summers Model 856 Deluxe Bamboo Rod 8' 2/2 #5/6 11'3" Gold silks with black tippingFor sale here is a Bob Summers Model 856 Deluxe bamboo rod in near mint condition, just carefully fished a couple of times. 8' for a 5 or 6 line 2 2. Exquisite (as always) brown silks tipped black (included on the Deluxe models), reverse half wells grip with down locking reel seat over a gorgeous walnut spacer. Ferrule plug, original bag and tube included. The rod was made in 2010.