Jenkins Fly Rod 7' 2/2 #4

Jenkins Fly Rod 7' 2/2 #4An excellent Charles W. Jenkins fly rod, 7' 2 piece, 2 tip built for a #4 line. Serial #GLT4 ("GL" indicates a Gillum Taper). Weighs 2. 8 oz. Medium fast action. Tan colored cane with a three up node pattern construction. Oxidized and drawn ferrules of a seamless step design. Nice varnish. Tan guide wraps with brown edges, brown at the ferrules with an edge of tan and brown at the male ferrules. High arch bronze guides and a carbide stripper. Good

Serial #A5813 with the owners name engraved on back

Comes with a Saracione pouch and box

All hardware for the rod and tube were handmade in my shop

A really nice special model here

There is also a 1 1/2" section of the butt where varnish has been flowed in to cover a scrape

Brass top aluminum tube and original tube

All sections are striaght and the ferrule fits are perfect

Latigo leather is

Oxidized and drawn ferrules of a seamless step design

1 tip has 2 facet cracks on the nodes close to the base of the tip above the ferrule

however one tip shows a 1” long seam

Flawless perfect spar varnish