Orvis Shooting Star 9'6" 2/2 #9 4 Weight 1994 Facsimile Reprint of 1886

1994 Facsimile Reprint of 1886 Ed

Black aluminum down-locking reel seat with a stunning scrimshaw spacer depicting a brown trout rising to a mayfly

The reel seat is a mortised cork spacer with slide band and black aluminum butt cap stamped Paul H

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Orvis Shooting Star 9'6" 2/2 #9 4 Weight 1994 Facsimile Reprint of 1886An Orvis Shooting Star bamboo fly rod, 9, 2 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #9 line. Serial #14074. The rod weighs 6. 5 oz. Rod action is medium but very powerful. Good condition but may have been refinished with aetna foulproof guides at some time as the finish on the guide wraps are adequate but fall short of Orvis professional standards. Dark mahogany color cane in a three up node pattern and impregnated. The wraps are brown. The step ferrules are