Gary Howells Bamboo Rod - early rod! 8'6" 2/1 #6 9'6" Black / gold colour combination

Black / gold colour combination

The rod has 4 pieces

Comes with correct tan bag and a brass tip aluminum tube

Matching stamps on frame and spool with a "TB"

clay colored blank

Gary Howells Bamboo Rod - early rod! 8'6" 2/1 #6 9'6" Black / gold colour combinationFor sale here is a very early Gary Howells rod 8'6 2 1 6wt. Mint condition. It has nickel silver ferrules that are not wrapped with silk like later Howells rods. It is also a single tip rod which he made a few of in the first three years (mostly longer rods). It could have also been an experimental taper or prototype rod. No one can be certain. The serial number of the rod is 3725. This indicates that the rod was made in 1970 when Gary was 37 years