Douglas Duck Gillum Taper 8' 5-6wt Bamboo Rod

Douglas Duck Gillum Taper 8' 5-6wt Bamboo RodFor sale here is a Douglas Duck Model FFX 8. An 8' 2 2 5 6wt based on a Pinky Gillum taper. Serial no. 2062, made in 1999. The rod is in excellent+ original condition. The rod features a lovely and mildly tempered cane finish with transparent caramel colored wraps. The winding check and male ferrules are wrapped in chestnut tipped in black and white. One of the tip tops is wrapped in black to distinguish it from the other. Blued guides. The script is

Downlocking screw lock with an aluminum acorn and nicker silver pocket cap

Definitely one to add for the collector

designed especially for the exquisite 37L and 38L he had developed for small stream fishing

This reel was purchased in 2006 from Stan

Full wells grip with moderate soiling and very light ridging around the top edge of the grip

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Includes many fine listings and illustrations of bamboo rods (Orvis

Both come with the original Abel reel pouches

co-founder of Thomas & Thomas who later ran the Leonard Rod Company for a number of years before it closed

Excellent plus overall condition

Cigar grip with slide band reel seat over burled wood

There is some soiling to the grip and a small scratch on the bottom wrap and on the ferrule of one tip