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 - $850

Six-and-one-half foot rod, built either to 3 or 4 weight line - $850

"Professor" ...
elegant and persuasive two-piece rods with two tips

Six-foot rod, built either to 3 or 4 weight line - $1,300

Six-and-one-half foot rod, built either to 3 to 4 weight line - $1,300

Seven-foot rod, built either to 4 or 5 weight line - $1,300

Seven-and-one-halt foot rod, built either to 5 or 6 wt. line - $1,300
(hollow fluting option available on this rod at $150 extra)

"Plus-Four" Series ...
graceful and smooth action in four-sided quadrates; two tips

Six-and-one-half foot rod, built either to 3 or 4 weight line - $1,300

Seven-foot rod, built only to 4 weight line - $1,300
(hollow fluting option available on this rod at $150 extra)

Seven-and-one-half foot rod, built to 5 or 6 weight line - $1,300
(hollow fluting option available on this rod at $150 extra)

Eight-foot three-piece quad built only for 5 weight line - $1,300
(hollow fluting option available on this rod at $200 extra)

"Straight-Eight" ...
crisp and delicate "hex" three-piece rod; two tips

Eight-foot rod in three pieces, built to 5 or 6 weight line - $1,500
(hollow fluting option available on this rod $150 extra)

Eight-foot rod in three pieces, quad, built to 5 or 6 weight line - $1,650
(hollow fluting option available on this rod $150 extra)

Other custom lengths and tapers may be accommodated

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
206 S. Broad Street
Lansdale, PA 19446

Toll Free: 1-866-930-3667
Phone: (215) 412-3667
Fax: (215) 412-3606
Email: Classicflyfishermanrrs@gmail.com 

 

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