Ed Houston Fly Rod 9'6" 3/2 #8/9 New Arrival Medium fast dry-fly action

Medium fast dry-fly action

For sale here is a spare spool for the original Hardy Baby Bougle Lightweight fly reel in unused condition

Black-oxidized nickel silver ferrules

Uplocking aluminum Payne reel seat hardware over an un-marred spanish cedar insert

The reel is in near mint and very slightly used condition

Ed Houston Fly Rod 9'6" 3/2 #8/9 New Arrival Medium fast dry-fly actionA rare Ed Houston fly rod, 9'6", 3 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #8 or #9 line. 6. 7 ounces. Powerful medium action. Excellent condition that may have been lawn cast only. Edwin Houston, the builder of this rod, was the shop foreman at the Thomas Rod Co, and this is the first of his rods that I have seen. The varnish is in excellent condition. Random node spacing in lightly flamed cane. The wraps are dark brown with green edges at the keeper, and male