EC Powell "Buddy Powell" Fly Rod 9' 3/3 #6/7

EC Powell "Buddy Powell" Fly Rod 9' 3/3 #6/7An E. C. Powell fly rod, 9', 3 piece, 3 tip (both short, one 1 8", the other 1 4") and weighing 4. 8 oz. Medium action. The butt and mid feel fairly quick and the tips more flexing. Despite this, the rod has fairly large ferrule jumps of 15 thousandths. The two original tips both have scarf joints under the top snake guides and both with 1" long overwraps from those top guides down. One of the tips, the shortest, unfortunately has the top snake guide

7' 2/1 for a 5 or 6 weight line

Aluminum down-locking reel seat over a handsome Walnut spacer

This sale also includes copies of three letters from Gary to the original buyer

Mortised reel seat made from Koa with nickel silver railed inlaid

This items will ship from our UK office

The action is medium fast and the rod casts incredibly

which would bring this rod to mint condition due to the appearance of it never being fished

The wood handle is impregnated for durability

circa 1950's

These benchmade reels exhibit a very high standard of craft and are a modern homage to the classic Vom Hofe style reels

For sale here is a very scarce 1903 C

There is a bit of light overall wear