Ted Simroe Bamboo Fly Rod 8' 2/2 #6 8'5" The tips were made 1

The tips were made 1 1/8" shorter than the butt and mid

The rod packs into a grey cloth bag and a black frost coated aluminum tube with brass fittings and the Orvis data sticker affixed to it

Evans of Hardy Bros

Pictorial dust jacket

This appears to be an early version of Joe' well-regarded deluxe line of reels

Ted Simroe Bamboo Fly Rod 8' 2/2 #6 8'5" The tips were made 1A Ted Simroe bamboo fly rod, 8', 2 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #6 line. Serial 248 6. The rod weighs 4. 6 ounces on my scale. Mint condition. Fast action. Blonde oven tempered cane done in a three up node pattern. Nice varnish with the main wraps a light tan color with black edges and black at the ferrules. 2 SRMC stripping guides on the butt and black snake guides the rest of the way. The swiss super Z style ferrules are polishe bright. The cork