New Rods Listed 10/29/25; please scroll down
Rod Building Update: It is now over two years since my diagnosis with prostate cancer and I am feeling really very well. My wife Jean and I have been able to do significant travel including much fishing and photography, and I am now back in the rod shop on a consistent basis. I am still working on several 834-2df HB rods, though these are already spoken for. This fall and winter I will build two hand rods of 'Scottish' action, complete 902-2df HB rods, and build other rods that interest me. These will be listed on this site as they become available.
I have been diagnosed with a serious but treatable illness and because of this I will no longer be accepting new tackle for consignment sale. I will need to focus my time and energy on treatment and other priorities for the foreseeable future.
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.
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.
Rods
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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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 902-2 fdf; 9ft. 2pc/1 tip, 3 1/4 oz, semi-hollow hexagonal rod for #2 line. 'fdf' stands for fast dry fly which may surprise you on a nine foot bamboo rod for #2 line; it is a description of how this rod bends and that is progressively more into the tip. This is a very refined example inspired by the Truckee River Special series of rods developed by E.C. Powell and described in my book A Fly Rod With a Soul. A more delicate version of this rod, marked 'df', will be offered on this site soon. A 2 weight line yields remarkable delicacy of presentation and the nine foot length of this instrument provides great line control. You simply have to cast this rod with the correct line (I like a DT2 Sci Ang 'Amplitude' or Terenzio silk) to appreciate its unique qualities. I am excited to have evolved my understanding of tapers and hollowing to the point where I am now able to build these hitherto impossible rods. Stripping guide is low bridge agate acquired many years ago from West Germany through Hoagy Carmichael, wraps a lovely translucent brown and reel-seat filler my traditional mahogany of a Leonard-inspired design. Condition is new and rod comes in original bag and labeled tube with outer tube sack as well. $4,375 (Domestic Sale Only) SOLD
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Brandin 902-2 df HB; 9'0" 2pc/2 tips 3 1/8 oz hexagonal semi-hollow for #2 line. This is the lightest action rod I have built to date and it is truly remarkable in its line control and delicacy of presentation. Size 3 tip tops from the Payne shop, old stock tungsten steel snake guides and agate stripping guide. Wraps between grip and stripper are the "narrow / wide / narrow / wide" in a nod to the way E.C. Powell wrapped some of his early A taper rods. Reel-seat has abbreviated butt cap and 'wedding band' slide band over mahogany filler inspired by an old Leonard design. Please note that leaders used with lines as light as a #2 should have very light butt sections and then a proportionate taper from there to the tippet. I like a butt section on my leaders for these light lines of .013 Maxima. In original bag and brass capped labeled tube and outer tube bag.
$6,350 SOLD
$6,350 SOLD
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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
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Reels
No reels are currently available.
