New Rod Listed 3/5/26; 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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Coming Soon: Brandin 794-2 'LP' HB, a 7'9" 2pc hexagonal rod based on a 1930's Leonard Parabolic; Brandin tip included with an Orvis 7'6" Battenkill / one original tip, one Brandin tip to improve the action.
Brandin 794-2 'L.P.' HB; 7'9" 2 pc/2 tips hexagonal semi-hollow rod for #4 line at 3 oz. I built a few of these some years ago and very much appreciated their comfortable, easy manner when fishing small to medium sized streams and hence decided to build this rod. This model is inspired by a 7'9" Leonard Parabolic made in the 1930's and owned by my old friend Art Warner. The Leonard company made several versions of this model before the fire, but in my mind these earliest examples are by far the best and I used Art's rod as the foundation for my own updated and hollowbuilt version of this classic taper. I have had two other Leonard Parabolics come through my hands, both later rods and nowhere near as good as the earlier rod. The later rods had tags which read "7 3/4 ft." but when measured were actually 7'11" and these rods were much softer, actually better with a #3 line. This rod has lighter colored cane oven tempered only, and an eastern cedar reel-seat insert echoing Leonard's use of this wood in their old 'Catskill' rods. Hardware is left bright also in a nod to the Leonard aesthetic. Stripping guide is a low-bridge German make from Hoagy Carmichael complemented with black nickel snake guides held in place with distinctive tipped silk windings. I am very taken with the American parabolic rods produced starting in the 1930's by Leonard, Payne and even F.E. Thomas, probably inspired by the writing of John Alden Knight. I will soon have a chance to examine a Payne Parabolic also at 7'9" and am curious to compare its taper to the original Leonard described above. When I can find the time, I will make more of this model and plan to keep one for myself. This rod is new and comes in original bag with provision for a ferrule plug, labeled tube and outer tube bag. $5,950 Sale Pending
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~Brandin 834-2df HB Special; 8'3" 2pc, single tip, for #4 line at 3 3/4 oz. This is a special version of my model 834-2df HB; it is built with a standard length step-down ferrule instead of my usual micro-Swiss, and a 'Thomas Streamer' style butt cap and wider slide band. All hardware is also left bright to accompany the light color cane. A lovely feeling rod useful for me in most trout fishing situations. Low-bridge German agate stripping guide and lighter color mahogany filler. Rod is new and comes in original bag with provision for ferrule plug (provided), labeled brass / aluminum tube and outer tube bag. $4,350 For Domestic Sale Only. 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.
