​RODS AND REELS CURRENTLY IN STOCK

I accept high quality rods and reels for consignment sale on this website. If you have high quality rods by any of the recognized classic makers such as Eustis Edwards, Dickerson, Payne, F.E. Thomas, Gillum, Garrison, Leonard, E.C. Powell, Winston, G.H. Howells or others and you are looking to sell the rod, please contact me. The same goes for reels by Hardy, Bogdan, Saracione, etc. My commission is tiered depending on sales price; it is 10% for sales over $6,500, 15% ftrom $2,500 to $6,500, 20% from $1,000 to $2,500 and 25% for sales under $1,000. These rates are lower than most dealers charge.

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 registered mail for items valued over about $2000, because of insurance costs; for items below this value I will ship via normal Priority Mail with the United States Postal Service. If UPS is the desired shipper, costs are a bit higher than with the post office. 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.  I list rods at what I feel are fair prices; I am still willing to at least consider intelligent offers, however, so if you see a rod or reel you really want but can't quite go to the full asking price, please make an offer and it will be respectfully considered.
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 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 or reel 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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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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Please note that I can now accept payment via credit cards as well as through Paypal with no 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 and just a very few of the limited and deluxe editions. 

Note that I have a few of the E.C. Powell "Essays on Fly Fishing" pamphlets edited by Press Powell and produced in the 1990's for sale at $25.00 ea. You can see scans of these between the rod listings and reel listings on this page.

​Newly listed: Dickerson 901812; Brandin 865-3df HB hex 'Mahogany'; Tom Morgan graphite 8'6" #5 line; Karstetter 8'3" #5 line; Orvis Madison 7 ft. #3 line; Bogdan model 50 salmon reel; Bogdan palming spool fitting large Steelhead or model 50 reels; Payne 205; Brandin 764-2 'P';Dickerson 7012; Payne Canadian Canoe; Brandin 805-2 'P'

Coming soon: Two Jack Coyle trout rods; two mint condition Gillums; two Sam Carlson rods; two Mark Canfield rods; Dickerson 7613
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PRICES REDUCED on Carpenter 7 ft. 'Like a Payne' 97; Paul Young Martha Marie; Granger Special 7'6"

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

Rods

~Brandin 754 'P'; 7½ ft 2pc/3 tips 3⅜ oz. This is a very early rod of mine, built in my Pleasantville, NY shop in 1989 before my move to California. It is one of a series of solid quads that I designed based on a four strip transcription of the Paul Young Perfectionist taper. It is marked "754 'P'" as was my nomenclature in those days, but today I would call it a 764-2 'P'. As is usually the case for me with original Perfectionists, I always want them to cast a #4 line (hence the model designation), but they are almost invariably better with a 5. That is also the case with this rod and it is a rocket with a WF5. It is a particularly pretty rod with its red wraps, early signature wrap pattern, flamed cane and squared ferrules. The slide band with two knurls and abbreviated butt cap are distinctive of many of my early rods. According to my first ledger book this was the 30th rod I built and it was for Jim Marcks who also happened to be my very first customer some years earlier, a dentist from Pennsylvania with a passion for current (at that time) bamboo builders. The rod is glued with resorcinol, has an agate stripping guide and old stock tungsten steel snakes, modified Wells grip and skeleton cap & ring reel-seat. Condition is generally excellent throughout, though there is an invisible wrap of less than an inch on one tip. I'm sure I did the wrap, but looking with magnification I can't see any reason for it; the bamboo looks to have complete integrity under the clear wrap. Whatever the reason for that wrap was, a third tip of the same taper was added by me at some point. My recommendation would be for the new owner to get a new three-tip bag from me for this rod. Otherwise in original bag and brass capped tube with the initials "J.M.M" nicely engraved into the aluminum plate forming the top of the cap. $4,850 Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Brandin 805-2 'P', 4¼ oz for WF6 or DT5 lines. This is a solid quad built in the last year (2021) whose design got its inspiration from the Paul Young Para 15. I built several of this model early in my career in Pleasantville, NY and it is only recently that I have again taken up occasionally building rods on this basic pattern. Like the Para 15, it is happiest with a WF6 line for me, though some casters would use a DT5. Wraps are a deep burgundy as the earlier rods of this pattern had, while the reel-seat is an up-locking slide band, a type of seat I have come to like for myself quite recently. Hardware is blued n/s over a mahogany spacer. Snake guides are hard coated and stripping guide is agate. Rod is in new condition and comes in original bag with provision for ferrule plug, labeled brass-capped aluminum tube, and outer tube bag. $5,160 SOLD Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Brandin 865-3df HB; 8½ ft 3pc/2 tips, 4 oz 'Mahogany.'  8'6" semi-hollow hexagonal rod for #5 line. This rod, built in 2017, comes from my personal stash and has been lightly fished by myself only, remaining in excellent original condition. Action could be described as an improved Payne 204 with the added benefit of semi-hollow construction continuing well into the tips. The Mahogany finish gives the rod a dramatic and dark presence that is distinctive. Agate stripping guide and titanium carbide coated snakes, blued n/s cap & band over dark mahogany reel-seat and blued ferrules. I have built this model in the past using Swiss style ferrules, micro-Swiss for the top ferrule, but chose on this rod for myself to use step-down style ferrules which I feel are prettier and blend to the rod shaft more cleanly. In original bag with provision for ferrule plugs (included), and labeled brass capped tube. $5,625 SALE PENDING Click on smaller images to enlarge 

~Thomas & Thomas 'Sans Pariel' 6½ ft 2½ oz one-piece for #3-4 line, ser. #3744. This rod dates from 1981, so built a few years after Tom Maxwell left T&T, but sill in the earlier years at this renowned company. These early one piece wonders turn up very seldom on the secondary market. I am always intrigued by these rods, as I watched the bamboo work at T&T and was inspired by it, even before starting my own rod building in the early 1980's. Lively dry fly action that for me is best with a DT3 line rather than the #4 line designated on the rod. A light action DT4 such as a Sci Ang 'XPS' should also be fine. A wonderful casting, delight of a rod for the small stream fisherman with a vehicle to transport the  6'9" tube. Highly figured walnut reel-seat filler under blued n/s hardware with T&T stamping. Comes in original rod bag with stiffener sewn in which I will pin in such a way that the rod is suspended by its handle to protect the tip from jamming against the end of the rod tube during shipping. In use and storage the rod goes into its bag with handle and reel-seat down. Rods from this early period at T&T are highly sought after and the one piece Sans Pariel is almost never seen for sale. Please note that the rod does say "Sans Pariel" in script which basically means 'without equal' but the proper spelling is actually "Sans Pareil." In original bag with stiffener sewn in and brass capped tube.  $2,625 Click on smaller images to enlarge

~W.E. Carpenter "Like a Payne 97", 7 ft. 2pc/2 tips for #4 line. As you can see in the photos, this rod is in mint condition with the paper still on the grip and is marked both on the butt section below the ferrule, label on the rod tube and on the paper on the grip as a "Special Project." Walt Carpenter worked in the Payne shop after Jim Payne's passing and has always displayed an affinity for the work from that shop, and anyone seeing this rod for the first time would assume it is a Payne, until reading the writing on the rod shaft and paper on the grip. Stamping on the butt cap, which is also styled like a Payne cap, has a design similar to Payne, but reads "W.E. Carpenter / Maker" while on the opposite side is stamped "2011" indicating the year of build. The blue label on the tube will also look familiar to Payne fans as will the ferrule plug. Apparently the bamboo for this rod came originally from the Payne shop, and the same silks as Payne used were used to secure tungsten steel snake guides and the distinctive white agate stripping guide. Rod is marked as built on the Payne 97 taper, so a lighter action than the better known model 98. About as nice an example as you will find from one of America's premier makers, now no longer building commercially. Accompanying this sale are two papers, one a letter outlining Walt's approach in building this special project rod, and the other a pamphlet from when W.E. Carpenter was still in Chester, NY. In original bag with tag and double labeled tube. $4,750 Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Dickerson 7012; 7 ft. 2pc/2 tips at 3¼ oz. This rod was built in 1951 for Dr. R.C. Ammerman and so marked on the rod; it was ordered through Art Flick on July 11, 1951. Art Flick was a great proponent and user of Dickerson rods. These short, light line Dickersons are exceedingly rare and this one is in excellent + original condition. I have cast the rod with both #4 and 5 lines and it handles them both, my preference being for a Wf5. Its positive action is distinctively Dickerson even at this short (for this maker) length. White agate stripping guide, bent wire hook-keeper, reverse half Wells grip and down-locking reel-seat with walnut spacer. There appears to be a touch-up to the tipping and edge of one wrap at the stripping guide, visible if you look carefully at the photographs. Original tan bag and original tube with a replacement cap made by Bob Summers and marked 'RWS' inside the cap. $7,925 Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Orvis Madison; 7ft 2pc/1 tip, 2⅜ oz for #3 line. Although the 'Madison' single tip grade, this is one of the finest Orvis rods I have ever cast. It is remarkable from this maker in that it has a refined tip taper that decreases in dimension rapidly to only .062" below the tip top. That is a very fine tip for an Orvis, and combined with a #10 ferrule size, the result is an exquisite action, full and delicate with the designated 3 weight line. It is also as pretty an Orvis as I have seen, the warm, deep brown impregnated shafts showing unusual sheen and the rod remains in lightly used excellent condition. The weight designation is a bit of a mystery, as the tube says 3⅛ oz, writing on the rod shaft says 2⅜ oz, while my digital scale has it at an actual weight of 2¼ oz. The bag is too long for the rod, so functions well, but I believe it is not original to the rod. Built in 1974, this is a wonderful light-line rod and a steal at my listed price. In labeled aluminum tube. $625 SALE PENDING Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Payne 98-L, 7 ft. 2pc/2 tips, 2¼ oz. This very rare, uncatalogued model is the lightest action 7 ft. Payne I've had in my hand, certainly much lighter action than the model 97's I've sold. I have cast the rod with a DT2 Sci Ang Amplitude line and that feels correct for me, though for very close fishing a #3 line would also work. The ferrule size is smaller than a #9 on this two piece Payne with a tip dimension of .058" over varnish below the wrap at the tip top. All sections full length and excellent ferrule fits on this "sold by" A&F rod; no ferrule plugs nor room for them in the tube, so made before 1948. Agate stripping guide and American pattern snake guides. There may be a thin overcoat of varnish over original wraps and finish, hard to say. The transition from reel-seat to cork is something I don't know I've seen before; almost Leonard-like with the step up in the wood and going directly to the cork with no check. Blueing mostly gone on the slide band, mostly there on butt cap and ferrules as seen in the photos. Varnish could use some TLC in a few spots, but quite good for a rod of this vintage. The slightest of sweeps to the left when assembled indicates use by a left hander at some point, but certainly not objectionable. In original bag with tag and Payne tube. A rare Payne for the light line, small stream specialist.  $6,250 Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Aroner 7½ ft Spring Creek 3pc/2 tips, #6 line. This is Marc's usual fast and smooth taper and action. It displays the hallmarks of his work; well above average quality of cork, masterful bamboo and node craftsmanship, and perfect, glasslike varnish. It has an unusual all nickel silver reel-seat with pocket butt cap and the expected old stock tungsten steel guides. Although Marc is perhaps best known for his light line rods, he is an avid salmon angler and also enjoys fishing some heavier lines for trout. As a result he has built some wonderful 7'6" rods for #6 and 7 lines that are astonishing in their performance on the water. In original bag and brass-capped aluminum tube. $3,575 Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Granger Special W&M, 7½ ft. 3pc/2 tips, 3¾ oz (on tube label). This hard to find model and length rod has been used, but remains in excellent condition. It feels to me like it will handle a #4 line in typical smooth Granger fashion. The original brown butcher paper wraps  around the desirable black Granger tube which I believe is the same style tube used on the Registered model. Reel-seat is the n/s up-locking patented seat that functions so well and is distinctive to Granger rods. A very pretty rod indeed with its dark caramel shafts offset against the lime green wraps. In original bag and tube. $1,325 Click on smaller images to enlarge

~F.E. Thomas Browntone 7½ ft. 2pc/2 tips, butt cap stamped FE521. As I sometimes see with Thomas rods, this one has tips of differing taper, one decidedly stronger than the other. Quite a fast action that should do well with a #5 line with either tip. Rod has had an overcoat over what looks like the original wraps. Rod was built in 1948 and delivered in 1949. Interesting to note that the Thomas ledger identifies the weight of this rod as 3¾ oz while the tag which is clearly original states 3⅛ oz. My scale puts the actual weight at 3¾ oz, so the ledger for this rod is correct while the tag is not; small mistakes do happen in a rod shop! Reverse twist 'English' guides, some of which are a more open pattern than others. In original bag with tag and brass capped tube. $1,725 Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Paul Young Martha Marie 7½ ft. 2pc/2 tips marked 2⅝ oz. This is one of the last rods made by Bob Summers while working with the Paul Young Company in 1974. It has been very lightly used and remains a powerhouse of a fly rod. The rod shaft is marked "2⅝ oz" and this must be the blank weight, as on my digital scale it comes in at over 3¾ oz. Bob Summers called for a #5 line on this rod, but in my hands test casting it, a #6 certainly did not overload it; lots of power to spare. Paul Young designed this model for his wife to fish large trout on Michigan's rivers and apparently it did the job well judging by the demand for it. The rod remains in excellent, lightly used condition throughout with one exception of a glitch in the bamboo close to a node in the butt section. This can be clearly seen in one of the photos and if the rod were mine, I would put a short 'invisible wrap' of less than an inch over that section for added security. As seen in the photos, rod shafts display the distinctive and dramatic flaming typical of Young rods. In original plum colored nylon bag and aluminum tube. $2,650 Click on smaller images to enlarge

~D.G. Schroeder 7'9" 2pc/2 tips for #5 line. These lovely honey colored rods from Don are seen less often than his flamed work and this one built in 2006 is a very pretty example indeed. A lengthy swell above the grip keeps the action above the hand which I would describe as medium-fast. Varnish is excellent throughout and ferrule fits are perfect. One tip has the slightest of casting sets, as if from a right handed caster. In original labeled tube and bag with stiffener sewn in. In my opinion a great quality rod for this price from a maker who has been building high quality rods for over 40 years. $1,675 Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Marty Karstetter 8'3" 2pc/2 tips, 3½ oz (on rod shaft) for #5 line. Marty is an old friend, our paths having crossed at Bob Clay's place on the Kispiox River in BC in the 1990's and he is also one of the early practitioners of modern hollow-built rods that evolved from the work of Lew Stoner and E.C. Powell. He now lives in Alaska and I don't know as he is any longer producing any number of rods. This one is in carefully used condition, it's owner being the writer Tom McGuane, is straight and true and a nice, smooth caster with its designated line. A perfect all around trout rod for a wide range of conditions encountered on medium to large rivers. In original bag and tube with Karstetter logo. $2,350 Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Jim Reams 8'3" 2pc/2 tips for #4-5 lines. Jim is one of the California makers who was discussed in the California Flyfisher article in 2005 "Western Bamboo Renaissance" and I also include him in my recently released book about the life and rod work of E.C. Powell. I knew Jim well in those years living in California and have always admired the quality and integrity of his rod work. He also happens to be a wonderful artist; many, if not most, of the makers I admire have an arts background. We shared ideas back and forth in those  years, basing the semi-hollow construction on ideas evolved out of the pioneering work of E.C. Powell. As I mention in my book, Jim also worked for some years with Walton Powell and has a depth of understanding for the tapers and semi-hollow design of Walton's father, E.C. This rod has seen careful use and remains in excellent condition throughout with one exception which allows me to offer this rod at a very reasonable price; one tip has a short 'invisible' wrap covering a hook dig, the protective wrap done by Jim some years ago. Rod is straight and ferrule fits are perfect. A great example of the western hollow-built tradition from a premier maker at a very reasonable price. In original bag and labeled brass-capped tube. $1,950 Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Tom Morgan Rodsmiths graphite 8½ ft. 2pc/1 tip for #5 line. The TMR graphite rods are among the finest of their kind ever made. To read more about the fine points of their feel and casting qualities, you can go to the Yellowstone Angler reviews of the Tom Morgan designed rods. The photographs show the inherent beauty of the rod as well as probably the fanciest rod bag and tube ever produced. One of the details I love about the Tom Morgan graphite and glass rods is the little nickel silver ring that re-enforces the lip of the tip at the ferrule; such a lovely and very practical touch. This one has been used by its owner Tom McGuane and remains in good condition, though the reel-seat has only the thinnest of oil finish left. In original bag and fancy tube. $1,075 Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Jim Payne model 205; 8½ ft, 3pc/2 tips, 5⅛ oz. This Payne remains in remarkable, excellent + original condition and finish and these model 205 rods show up much less often than the often seen 204 which is a lighter action. It has the typical smooth and wonderful Payne progressive action, functioning for me best with a #6 line. Perfection stripping guide and reverse-twist, English tungsten steel snakes. Stamping is only 'Payne / Reg US Pat Off.' so rod was likely picked up directly from the Payne shop, rather than being sold through a dealer. This is a great example of the beauty inherent in Jim Payne's work; as I often say "There is nothing like a Payne." In original bag with tag and original blue labeled Payne tube. $3,250 SALE PENDING Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Jim Payne Canadian Canoe with detachable fighting butt, 8½ ft, 3 pc/2 tips for #7 line, 5¾ oz (on tag). I at one time owned this rod after buying it from my friend Jack Coyle over 15 years ago. For years Jack wouldn't sell it to me, and it was the one rod I wanted the most in the world. In a weak moment after an expensive tackle auction I pried the rod out of him. I had cast the Payne canoe model before, but what was so special about this one for me was that it was (and is) in remarkable condition, but also that it comes with a detachable fighting butt and the butt plug to match. When I first put a line on this rod after purchasing it my first thought was "how could anyone sell this rod?" Nice Canoe rods don't come up often and this one is in excellent original condition and finish. Perfection stripper and American pattern tungsten steel snake guides. The only stamping is 'Payne / Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.' with no dealer's stamp on the rod, but the bag is stamped with 'William Rosgen / Riverton Road / Winsted, Conn.' Bill Rosgen was a well known shop with a reputation for carrying the finest tackle. He was also a dealer of Sam Carlson's and Edwards Quadrate rods.  In original bag with tag, replacement ferrule plugs and a replaced fighting butt, Payne tube with blue label,  and outer tube bag also housing the fighting butt. $6,750 SALE PENDING Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Dickerson 901812; 9 ft 3pc/2 tips 5¾ oz. Built in 1946 for George Noack this rod has clearly been used, but remains in at least very good condition throughout with original wraps and varnish. It has the expected brown wraps tipped black and reverse Half Wells grip. Reel-seat spacer is walnut and stripping guide is a Pefection accompanied by tungsten steel dark snake guides and a bent circular wire hook-keeper. A smooth and powerful 9 footer that in my hands is best with a #7 line. In original tan bag and original tube. $2425 Click on smaller images to enlarge

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

~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

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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. 

Reels

~Stan Bogdan model 50 salmon reel. This is to me the most useful of all Stanley's salmon reels; set up Left Hand Wind (LHW) and in single action and the perfect line capacity for most salmon or steelhead applications if fishing single handed. Fully ported spool and winding plate and a very wide range of drag tension. I own two Bogdan salmon reels, both single action as this is, a model 50 like this one, and a single action, fully ported model 00. For me the model 50 is the perfect salmon and steelhead reel if one wants a reel with adjustable drag, while for me the smaller 00 is more of a light salmon or steelhead reel when mostly smaller fish are encountered as in our Newfoundland fishing. In perfect condition, I see no indication this reel has had a line on it. In original buckskin pouch and original paper label from its first owner. $2950 SALE PENDING Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Stan Bogdan palming spool fitting large steelhead reel or model 50 salmon reel. Stanley hated making these, so they are quite rare and hard to come by. This spool goes on the reel in place of the usual S-shaped handle, allowing the angler to add drag with his hand on the spool. This one remains in perfect condition, showing no signs of use. It is shown mounted on a model 50 salmon reel (for illustration only; reel not included in this sale), while most anglers would use it on the large steelhead model. $575 Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Charlton 8350C in LHW (left hand wind). This is the legendary sealed drag reel developed by Jack Charlton in the 1990's in the small trout size. Many people consider these reels to be the pinnacle of fly reels with its ultra smooth, trouble-free drag and stylish aesthetic. Spool is the 1/5 size suitable for most trout fishing. This one comes in original cordura case and box and remains in mint condition. $1,395 Click on smaller images to enlarge

~Ari Hart Seatrout reel in LHW. This 3¾" diameter by 1" spool width reel is an ideal Steelhead dry fly, grilse or light salmon reel with its smooth zero pickup inertia drag and palmable spool. Ari Hart reels have won kudos for their design and performance for many years and one is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Comes in original black leather case stamped "ATH." $995 Click on smaller images to enlarge

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