Health Update

I am grateful for the time I have had since my diagnosis of stage 4 prostate cancer well over three years ago now, allowing me to keep working and doing much of what I love, photographing and fishing. In the last months, however, the cancer has mutated into a more aggressive type that will clearly affect my ability to keep on as I have been and more aggressive treatments will attempt to give me a bit more useful time. There is some work in process that I hope to complete, as well as some obligations to customers to keep. My treatments will likely very much affect my energy level and ability to work effectively, so please bear with me on this work.

Rod Shop Transition

Although I am hopeful of being able to continue rod work for some time, depending on the outcome of current cancer treatments, it is clear that the time has come for me to consider how to transition out of the rod shop once I am no longer able to do that work. I am open to discussion with people who may be interested in carrying on some of the work I have done in bamboo rods, and perhaps evolving concepts I will not have the time to complete. My shop is complete with a large stock of bamboo, nickel silver tubing for ferrule making and reel-seat hardware, two milling machines, two lathes, planing forms, Tom Morgan Rodsmiths hand mills including a rare very long bed, countless jigs and fixtures, etc. I would hope that my shop could stay largely intact in a transition similar to the way Sam Carlson's shop transitioned to Dana Gray. 

6/4/26 ~ Coming soon; 834-2 df HB 'Mahogany' single tip rod, a particularly beautiful and sweet casting rod; also another 834-2 df HB, my personal rod for the last 20 years or so, this rod will be re-finished and offered for sale. These rods are both spoken for. 

​RODS AND REELS CURRENTLY IN STOCK

Photo by Daryl Burry

I try to describe rods and reels as completely and accurately as possible; in case of any discrepancy, however, I offer a three 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. Within the USA I usually ship via priority or express mail insured. Massachusetts residents must also pay a 6.25% sales tax. Shipping to Europe or Japan is usually in the $100-$175 range if I can ship using the U.S. Postal Service; cost is a bit higher if I need to ship via UPS (the USPS will only insure packages up to a few hundred dollars to many international destinations). Please note that all international packages valued over $2500 must be shipped via UPS. Payment may be made by credit card, paypal, wire transfer, personal check, money order, or international bank check.  
If interested in any of the rods or other items listed below, please call me at (413) 625-6259 or email to [email protected]. If phoning and no answer, be aware that this is the rod-shop 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.
Each item listed will have one or more photographs illustrating the rod for sale; the photos appear 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. Note that if there is more than one photo of an item, these smaller images can be enlarged by simply clicking on them.

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IF YOU CONTACT ME THROUGH THE 'CONTACT ME' LINK ON THIS SITE AND DON'T HEAR BACK FROM ME, PLEASE EMAIL ME AT [email protected]

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

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~Brandin 834-2df HB 'Mahogany'; 2pc/1 tip, 8'3" semi-hollow 2pc rod for #4 line, 3 1/4 oz. Mahogany rods seldom come up for sale on this or other sites and this is my well loved rod for the line I most often use when trout fishing. Agate stripping guide and dark snakes under my lovely brown wraps with Mahogany reel-seat insert and blued hardware. In original bag with provision for ferrule plug, labeled brass / aluminum tube and outer tube bag. $4,550 For domestic sale only. SOLD

Please note that I can now accept payment via credit cards as well as through Paypal with a 3% fee for domestic sales. 

Please go to the 'E.C. Powell Book' page on this website to purchase copies of my book A Fly Rod With a Soul about the fishing rods and life of E.C. Powell, the extraordinary rod designer, caster and angler. I have plenty of the trade edition still available while the Limited and Deluxe editions are now sold out. 

If interested in a most distinctive fishing jacket, go to my link on this page "Gobillot Designs Fishing Wear."

Photographic Prints

Photographic Prints~Per Brandin B&W print. Stroboscopic view of John Napoli casting my Tournament Trout Fly Rod at the Long Beach Casting Club about 1995. Signed digital print image size 13X20 inches, paper size 17X22 inches. Suitable for mounting or framing. Signed. $475 SOLD, but other prints of this image are available. 

Note that there are many more photographs displayed on the 'Street Level Photos' page of this website. I am currently in the process of re-organizing and expanding that page to show more of my work. 

~Per Brandin B&W print. 'Fish Watches Man'; Chinatown, NY City 1980. Image size 33X22 inches. Digital print suitable for mounting or framing. Perhaps my single favorite image. Signed. $795 SOLD / A larger signed version at 42x28 inches is available for $1,125 Original silver prints of this image are in the collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, France, the Museum of the City of New York and of the Neue Sammlung in Munich, Germany. 

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Shin Creek enters the upper Beaverkill river at Lew Beach, New York, 2002.  Available as silver gelatin or digital print. 

I have many other prints available for sale, both in digital and silver print modes; please see the section of my website I call 'Street Level Photos' for more information.

E.C. Powell Essays on Fly fishing, edited by Press Powell

I have several of the E.C. Powell pamphlets from the 1990's edited by Press Powell at $25.00 each. This is a great and useful compendium of the better known essays written by E.C., including A Discourse on Trout Angling and Tackle, The Mechanics of Fly Casting, and A Short Common Sense Treatise on Fly Rod Construction. This pamphlet also includes some other writing from the Powell family, as well as photographs from the Powell family archive.  SOLD OUT

Reels

No reels are currently available.