Welcome to my greatly expanded section on rods and reels available for sale. This list will be updated occasionally, so please keep checking back to see the rods and accessories I have available.

If you have high quality rods or reels you wish to sell, please contact me. I will buy them from you outright, either single pieces or whole collections. If you prefer, I can also sell them on a consignment basis, taking only a 20% commission for doing so. You may contact me by phone at (413)625-6259, or by email at per2@comcast.net to discuss your tackle and the best way to proceed.

I try to describe rods and reels as completely and accurately as possible; in case of any discrepancy, however, I offer a five day inspection period during which time the item may be returned for a full refund, minus shipping costs. Please note that all customs duties, inspections, etc. are the responsibility of the buyer in international sales. Also please note that all international sales will be shipped insured and declared for the full price paid; please don't ask me to do otherwise. I prefer to ship via U.S. Postal Service Registered Mail within the U.S.A. and cost is usually about $30-40 including handling and insurance. If UPS is the desired shipper, costs are considerably higher. Massachusetts residents must also pay a 6.25% sales tax. Shipping to Europe or Japan is usually in the $70-$100 range if I can ship using the U.S. Postal Service; cost is considerably higher if I need to ship via UPS. Payment may be made by wire transfer, personal check, money order,international bank check or money order, or by Paypal (a 4% fee is added to cover Paypal charges).

If interested in any of the rods or other items listed below, please call me at (413)625-6259 or email to per2@comcast.net. If phoning and no answer, be aware that this is the rodshop phone in a one man shop and I am not always available to answer. Please try again if no answer, or leave a message and I will get back with you.

Many of the items listed will have a photograph illustrating the rod or reel for sale; if so the photo appears below the description of the item. If you are interested in one of the following offerings and want more visual information, feel free to request additional emailed photographs of the item. Let me know if there are any particular details you wish me to emphasize in taking the photos.

Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum Fall Show and Auction

A show and auction put on by the Catskill Fly Fishing Center will be held on Nov. 6&7 of this year in Danbury, CT. I will have a table at the show where there will be an opportunity to see some of the rods I make and discuss with me my approach to rod-making. There will also be one of my rods, most likely a brand new model 834-2 df HB, as part of the auction which will also feature other classic tackle. A preview of the auction items will be available on the CFFC website later this fall. I am also helping to coordinate the auction, writing descriptions and taking photographs of auction items. It should be a fun time, especially as there will be opportunity to view and handle the items being bid on, becoming a rarity in this day of internet-only bidding. Write-in and phone bidding will also be available for those unable to make the trip to Danbury. I hope to see you there!

Reels

-Hardy Bougle; 3 inch, scarce 1906 check left hand wind. How many of these have you ever seen in left hand wind? I've never seen or heard of another. It has the smooth brass foot and is a very smooth, good feeling reel. The brass foot has been polished and should oxidize back to an aged patina with time. As seen in the photographs, one screw holding the 'C' spring for the drag check is missing with no effect on the drag function. I am trying to locate an appropriate replacement through Hardy and will of course include this when I have it. This would be a rare addition for any Hardy collection and would also be a very nice reel to fish. Any questions about details please ask and I will do my best to answer. This reel comes from the collection of noted West Coast angler and collector Art Warner. $4,500

Rods

When there are Brandin rods available, they will be listed first, followed by other classic rods in order of ascending length.

-Brandin 834-2 df Special; Semi-hollow spliced joint rod at 8'3" 2 pc. / 2 tips for #4 line; 3.16 ounces. On the flats above the grip is written "Brandin / 834-2 df Special / HB 4/10". This is a spliced joint rod where a splice held together with tape takes the place of a metal ferrule. This rod and the next rod below were both cut and made at the same time as the rod discussed by John McDaniel in the 'Newsletter' section of this website. It is a brand new, never fished, fresh out of the shop rod with two tips, port orford cedar splice protectors as pictured, rod bag with provision for the splice protectors while the rod is in use, labeled tube and outer tube bag. Wraps are brown with the 'Special' signature wraps between the grip and stripping guide; the reelseat is an all cork skeleton with pocket butt cap and slide band in blued nickel silver. An opportunity to own perhaps the highest performance trout rod I have ever built. $5,850 SALE PENDING

-Brandin 834-2 df Special; as the rod above except it is marked "HB 5/10", the weight is 3.21 oz. and one tip has some darker flaming than the other. $5,850 SALE PENDING

-Eustis Edwards 7 ft. 2 pc. / 2 tips. This rod is in very good, apparently original condition and is marked only V L & A "Bantam", and it is clearly the work of Eustis Edwards. To find an original Eustis rod this short in this condition is a treat to say the least. It has a dramatic and unusual swell coming into the grip, bright nickel silver cap and slide band over hardwood (mahogany?)reelseat, an agate stripper and brown silk wraps. The cork has some ridging from age.This rod also comes from the collection of David Seidler who many of you will remember wrote the 'Cane Conversations' column in the old Bamboo Fly Rod Magazine and he liked a DT3 line, but my preference on this rod would be a #4 line. It is a very nice casting rod and actually reminds me of my own two piece 7 foot tapers. When I put the rod together for my wife to see, she shook it and proclaimed "It feels like one of yours". Comes in original tube and what I believe is the original bag, though short, possibly the result of being laundered at some time in the past. $2,795 SALE PENDING

-Orvis Battenkill 7 ft. 2 pc / 2 tips. This rod comes from the collection of well known west coast collector and angler Art Warner, so you know it has been well cared for. Serial number is 13527 made in 1952 and has a #11 ferrule. Art tells me this rod is best with a #5 line, though I believe it would also handle a #4. The reelseat is down-locking with what looks like a walnut spacer. Some spots of the "Orvis Impregnated / Battenkill" signature have worn off with use, but the rod remains overall in very good - excellent used condition with all sections straight and a perfect ferrule fit with both tips. I believe the tube is original, though there is no label and the bag is original. A very nice rod to fish with at a reasonable price. $775

- Howells 7'6"; 2 pc. / 2 tips; 3 3/8 oz.; Ser. # 3795; #5-6 line. The label on this rod calls for a #5 or 6 line; in my hands it is clearly a 5 weight rod and a very nice casting one at that. Originally made for 'Angler's All Ltd.', it has the distinctive and unusual (for Gary Howells) Ritz style grip, double wrapped guides in Mr. Howells' brown tipped yellow, and a skeleton cork reelseat with aluminum slide band and pocket cap. One of Howells' earlier rods, this one remains quite straight and in excellent used condition with light to moderate soiling of the grip. Comes in original red bag and labeled (label has a 1/4" chip missing and is covered in tape) aluminum tube. $2,995

-Bob Summers model 856, 2 pc. / 3 tips. This immaculate Summers rod has two 'standard' (wet fly) tips and one 'light' dry fly tip; made that way as the original labeled bag has provision for all three tips. Serial number is 1798 and is so marked on all rod sections. The stripper is a light ring carbaloy and snakes are chrome with all wraps being tipped. The reelseat is a down-locking what looks to be aluminum threaded barrel, band and lock nut, while the butt cap appears to be nickel silver, all over a very nice walnut spacer. Above the grip are the following markings: "R.W. Summers Co. Mod 856 / 8' # 5 to 6 line". This rod remains in immaculate, carefully used condition and comes with the original bag and tube. It also comes from the collection of David Seidler who many of you will remember wrote the 'Cane Conversations' column in the old Bamboo Fly Rod Magazine. $2750 SOLD

-R.L. Winston 8' 3 pc. / 2 tips, 4 1/8 oz. for #5 line. Serial number 3600. This rod also comes from the collection of David Seidler who many of you will remember wrote the 'Cane Conversations' column in the old Bamboo Fly Rod Magazine. It is a Glenn Brackett era rod and in my opinion one of their nicer models to fish. It has a nickel silver down-locking reelseat with hardwood spacer, agate stripping guide and bronzed snakes. All guide wraps are double wrapped at all inside edges as is the classic Winston custom. The rod remains in immaculate carefully used condition, only one of the two tips showing the very slightest fish fighting set. Comes in original labeled bag and tube. $2450 SOLD

-Edwards "Quadrate" 8'6" 3 pc. / 3 tips; model #54 for #6 line. The all bakelite down-locking reelseat on this rod is in perfect shape and functions as it should, somewhat unusual on these old quads where the reelseat barrel is often bent or deformed. Wraps are burgundy with black tipping and the rod has the classic squared bakelite check at the front of the grip. All sections are full length and true, the ferrule fit very good as is the blueing on the ferrules. A third tip looks to have an overcoat of newer varnish, while the rest of the rod looks to be original, though the varnish may have seen some rubbing. All in all a very nice rod of this unusual configuration and certainly very ready to take fishing. This rod also comes from the collection of David Seidler who many of you will remember wrote the 'Cane Conversations' column in the old Bamboo Fly Rod Magazine. Original rod bag with logo stamp and original tube. $1150

-Orvis 9 ft. 3 pc / 2 tips. This rod comes from the collection of well known west coast collector and angler Art Warner. It is the desirable 3 piece version and has an early all metal down-locking reelseat. The ferrules are sizes 18 and 12 and the rod was built in 1948, designated as the 'Bakelite' grade according to the records at Orvis. Serial number is 5488 and the "Orvis Impregnated / 'Pat. Pend.'" is only partially legible from use. The ferrule fit is perfect and the rod remains in very good used condition. Comes in original bag and I believe original 'Leonard style' tube. $500

-Payne 9' 3 pc. / 2 tips. This rod is very sweet and fishable with a #5 line. It comes from the collection of David Seidler who many of you will remember wrote the 'Cane Conversations' column in the old Bamboo Fly Rod Magazine. It has the desirable 'Sold By Abercrombie & Fitch' stamp on the butt cap and remains in good, honest, used condition. Ferrule fits are perfect and the rod is absolutely straight and true and the blueing remains about 95% intact and all the wood is full length and original. Two guide wraps have been replaced with a close, but not precise color match and the varnish is overall good, but could use attention in places. A rod for the man or woman who wants to fish a really nice longer rod for light line from the classic era. Original bag and tube, of course. $1395 SOLD

-E.C. Powell 9 ft., 3 pc., 3 tips; 5 5/8 oz. carrying a #7 line. This is an older, solid-built Powell, indicated by the weight of the rod and the lack of a patent number or white/black tipping above the grip. It comes from the collection of David Seidler who many of you will remember wrote the 'Cane Conversations' column in the old Bamboo Fly Rod Magazine. Although this is a faster feeling rod, this is not an A taper, but I believe it is a steeper than normal B taper which is sometimes seen in Mr. Powell's solid rods. The rod when together is straight and the ferrule fits quite good. It has the "E.C. Powell / Maker / Marysville, CA" stamp on the threaded reelseat barrel, golden brown wraps and the customary Wells style grip. All the bamboo is full length, but it appears that only one tip is original to this rod. The other two tips are clearly Powell tips, but appear from the wraps, taper, and guide sizes to have been added at a later date. An opportunity to own a nice casting dry fly steelhead or salmon rod for a very reasonable amount of money. $865

E.C. Powell 9 ft. 3 pc., 3 tips; 5 oz. for #6 line. Unlike the rod above, this rod is the semi-hollow design patented by Mr. Powell in the 1930's. It has the "E.C. Powell / Maker / Marysville, CA" stamp on the reelseat barrel, brown wraps and a very full Wells grip. This rod has chrome snake guides and the older flip-ring style hook keeper. It was originally an oil finished rod as indicated by the oil finish instruction sheet still attached to the older style rod tube, but the rod has been completely refinished by E.C.'s son Walton Powell. Written above the grip is "Restored by Walton Powell 1985", followed on the next flat by the patent number 1932986 and the rod is now a varnished rod. This was a very common practice even in E.C. Powell's own shop where older oil finished rods would often receive a varnish overcoat if they came back for repair or attention of some sort. Of the three tips, one is 1/2" short and another has a couple of repair wraps between the second and third snake guides from the tip. Both tips without repair wraps have fish-fighting sets. Rod comes with the original tube and the brownish-olive older original rod bag. It comes from the collection of David Seidler who many of you will remember wrote the 'Cane Conversations' column in the old Bamboo Fly Rod Magazine. $850

-E.C. Powell 9' 3 pc., 2 tips 'Deluxe' working well with a #5 line. It comes from the collection of David Seidler who many of you will remember wrote the 'Cane Conversations' column in the old Bamboo Fly Rod Magazine. This rod is made up as a 'Buddy Powell', perhaps indicating it was assembled by E.C.'s tournament champion son Buddy who died in a car crash in 1937. Buddy Powell rods have extra tipping at each wrap, and on this hollow-built rod the tipping is white / black at the ferrules, grip, and each guide wrap as well as the wider intermediates on the butt section. It also has something I have never seen on a Powell before, ferrule plugs for the female ferrules as well as ferrule sleeves for the male slides, as seen on some older Hardy rods. It is an exceptionally handsome rod and a beautiful example of Powell's work, probably built in the 1930's. It has the original very subtle oil finish (not overcoated with varnish as often happens), a 'Young style' bent wire hookkeeper, and the Patent number above the grip indicating hollow-building. The rod is still perfectly straight and is in excellent used condition. All wood is full length and original as are all the wraps and the stamp on the reelseat barrel is exceptionally clean, reading "E.C. Powell / Maker / Marysville, CAL." You won't see a Powell like this one very often. The bag is the original 'pea green' early Powell bag, while the tube is not original, but a modern replacement. $1795 SOLD

-H.S. Gillum 12 ft. 3 pc./2 tips two hand salmon rod. The tube label lists this rod at 14 1/2 oz. and the serial number is 1825, also listed on the label and on each rod section. Nice flamed shafts glued with resorcinol, all aluminum down-locking reelseat, double handles and rubber end button as expected on this rare Gillum two hand rod. The rod remains in very good - excellent used condition and is ready to take fishing. All sections are straight and the fit on the swiss style ferrules is perfect. Put a vom Hofe or old Leonard salmon reel on this rod and enjoy catching a salmon in classic style! Several guides have been re-wrapped on the mid section; otherwise the rod appears to be all original. Original bag and tube. $3,875

This list of rods and reels will be updated with new items occasionally so please keep checking back.