Hiram Hawes 6'9" 3/3 #3/4 Featherweight

Hiram Hawes 6'9" 3/3 #3/4 FeatherweightA 6'9" 3 piece 3 tip Hiram Hawes for a #3 or #4 line. This is an exquisite little gem of a medium action rod with 2 dry tips and one wet. More importantly it is not often you come across a rod with this kind of major historical significance, outlined in detail in a letter of provenance by no less than Sparse Grey Hackle. The rod originally found its way into Sparse's hands from a member of the Long Island Wyandanch Club who gave the rod to Otto Von

varnished light colored rod shafts

Mint unused

Highly polished

" The tube is in mint condition

Typical of the best of the Maxwell period Leonards

The reel seat has a walnut spacer with uplocking nickel-silver screwlock hardware and executed with the usual T&T precision and eye for aesthetic detail

The only thing I could find on this was a little discoloration of the grip and a tiny amount of edge wear to the ring and the corner of the butt cap

A great little R

so it's possible that one may have been replaced at one point

An exquisite Thomas and Thomas fly rod

Black anodized tube with brass top

Cigar grip with slide band reel seat over burled wood