Rare HARDY BROS “ THE GLADSTONE” Hand Built Cane 8ft Fly Rod

This is a rare opportunity to own a High quality hand built fly rod by Master Rod builder CALUM GLADSTONE who built a limited run of cane rods for HARDY BROS, this is a beautifully built 8ft two piece in a dark tempered cane with Chestnut brown silk whippings, one ring even has an extra extended very fine clear silk which is remarkably invisible to the eye to the extent of extra protection to prevent delaminating as the strength quality of these rods need no intermediates . Cigar cork handle with nickel silver fittings, only used several times so as new, snake rings with a red agate lined bottom ring, suction ferrule with a turned hardwood stopper, with labelled bag, an absolutely stunning rod with classic tapers giving a crisp action, beautifully balanced rod as you’d expect from one of the best rod builders today. A pure delight to cast a fly on a small river or trout stream and play a fish with this fine highest quality beautifully finished hand built rod..