Herron #4 Fly Reel

Herron #4 Fly ReelA nice Cliff Herron #4 fly reel, 3" diameter and set up for RHW. Near mint condition, there are a few small handling marks here and there but I can find no sign that the reel has actually been fished. The reel weighs 5. 9 ounces on my scale. Black anodized throughout with the front plate ventilated along with the spool on that side. The drag is adjusted via a dial on the backplate. "Herron" is stamped into the side of the foot, and the other side has

Glenn Brackett built the rod while at Winston and the rod was intended to be a demo rod and thus was made as a one tip rod

The rod packs into a cloth bag stiffener and aluminum tube with brass hardware

Near mint original condition with plastic on the grip

"If there were one classic bamboo fly rod to have

The main wraps are light yellow with red edges a the keeper

Prudhomme has engraved a beautiful triad of Mr

the orientation can be changed rather easily to LHW

Nice copy for any library

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This happened mostly when the rod remained in the tube since it was made

All the components came ready to put together from Orvis