Kusse, Ron - "Midge Special" 6'6 3wt Bamboo Rod

Kusse, Ron - "Midge Special" 6'6 3wt Bamboo RodFor sale here we have a stunning Ron Kusse "Midge Special" 6'6" 2 2 for a 3 weight line. Serial no. 8420. The rod is in mint condition, with the one exception being bluing loss to the reel seat hardware likely caused by rubbing against the heavy canvas rod bag. Transparent honey toned wraps. Chestnut wraps at the ferrules. Chestnut and burgundy tipping at the winding check. Blued guides. Octagonal nickel silver winding check. The cigar grip and reel

40" frame diameter

The full wells grip measures 8 3/4" in length with only light soiling

New patent-pending snap-reverse system instantly reverses to left or right hand retrieve with the push of a button

mostly in the butt section and none penetrates to the cane

The rod is packed in a yellow cloth bag with Ron's hang tag attached

7/1 ratio of the multiplier allows fast take-up of any slack in the line

For sale here is an Alan Kube 7' 2/2 4wt bamboo rod

Also of note is that the aluminum acorn cap on the bottom of the seat pulls out to reveal a nickel silver ferrule with which the fighting butt can be attached

Excellent+ varnish

A neat old rod tube

75" diameter and 1

Weiler has designated this rod as more of a 5wt