Phillips, Bill - "The Technology of Fly Rods" 6 Weight Reel is setup for left

Reel is setup for left hand retrieve

For sale here is a Walt Powell 8’6” 2/2 5-6 weight bamboo rod

but this area is on the bottom of the grip

A true small stream gem

Original smooth brass reel foot has been neatly filed about 1/4" at one end

Phillips, Bill - "The Technology of Fly Rods" 6 Weight Reel is setup for leftPhillips, Bill "The Technology of Fly Rods" Fine condition. Frank Amato Publications, Portland, OR, 2000. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 116pp; illustrated with b w photos, drawings & charts; foreword by Ernest Schwiebert. With chapters on history of fly rod technology; U. S. fishing rod patents; fly rod manufacturing processes; materials properties; casting the line and fly; etc. A scarce book due to the publisher's small print run.