Wm. Harms Custom Rod & Gun
The Details ...
All rods are tapered to my own designs, generally characterized as "progressive" action. My rods are flamed to create a lightly mottled effect, and built with a swelled-butt. Reel-seat hardware includes decorative nickel silver butt-cap, sliding band, and cork-check. Buyers have a choice of various wrapping colors and may select from several species of highly figured wood for the reel seat. All rods are furnished with the following standard features:
- Inscription of owner's name on rod (deleted if preferred)
- Fly-keeper, carboloy stripping guide, tip-top and snake guides (bright or blued)
- Nickel silver butt-cap, sliding band, and cork-check (bright or blued)
- Nickel silver, "Swiss-style" ferrule (bright or blued)
- Cork grip turned in a "torpedo" shape
- Mortised reel seat selected from the following: burls in box elder, maple, eucalyptus, redwood, cherry or walnut; spalted elm, ash or maple; tiger or bird's-eye maple
- Aluminum rod case with brass cap and bottom; cotton rod bag
- Silk wrapping colors as follows: tan, rush, "brownish" gold; light, medium, or dark brown; light, medium, or dark red; olive; light medium or dark green
- Silk tipping-wraps available in choice of contrasting color - $35 extra for one-piece rod- $75 extra for two piece rod - $90 extra for three-piece rod
- Intermediate wraps - $75 extra for one-piece rod- $100 extra for two piece rod - $150 extra for three-piece rod
- Owner's monogram hand-engraved in scrolled script on butt cap (see photo) - $45 extra
- Rattan grip - $80 extra
- Agate stripping-guide instead of standard carboloy - $35 extra
Disclaimer ...
Please note in making your selection that the exact line-weight appropriate to a rod cannot be guaranteed. All rods are designed for weight-forward lines in accordance with my own casting style (medium line speed and medium-tight loop). The match between line and rod cannot be a matter of complete predictability, as each person's sense of timing, rhythm and line-speed is necessarily idiosyncratic. It is possible, for instance, that changing either up or down to a double-tapered line may suit your own style of casting better.
"Short-water" ... one-piece rods with surprising delicacy and power
Six-foot rod, built either to a 3 or 4 weight line - $900.
Six-and-one-half foot rod, built either to 3 or 4 weight line - $1100.
"Professor" ... elegant and persuasive two-piece rods with two tips
Six-foot rod, built either to 3 or 4 weight line - $1,700
Six-and-one-half foot rod, built either to 3 to 4 weight line - $1,700
Seven-foot rod, built either to 4 or 5 weight line - $1,700
Seven-and-one-halt foot rod, built either to
5 or 6 wt. line - $1,700
(hollow fluting option available on this rod at $200. extra)
Eight-foot rod, built either to 5 or 6 wt. line……$1700. ( hollow- fluting option available on this rod at $200. extra)
“Prima-Dona”… surprising power & delicacy in a 3 piece configuration; two tips
Seven and one half foot rod, built to a 5 or 6 wt. line (hollow-fluting option available on this rod at $200. extra)
Eight foot rod built to a 5 or wt line (hollow-fluting option available on this rod at $200. extra)
Quads
All rods listed above are available in either hexagonal or quadrate configurations. To order a “Quad” , $200.must be added to the base price above.
Repair and Refinish ...
Complete rod wrapping and refinishing - $175 minimum
Repair work - $50 minimum
A non-refundable deposit of $200 is required to place an order.
Contact ...
Classic Fly Fisherman
Robert R. Selb
222 S. Broad Street
Lansdale, PA 19446
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