Halstead, GH - 7'5 2/2 5wt Bamboo Rod 6'3" Wooden ferrule plug

Wooden ferrule plug

Currently set up for left hand retrieve

serial #1272

Stamped with roman numeral III marks on spool and frame

This is the original and true "Red Wrap" model featured in the 1984 Leonard catalog

Halstead, GH - 7'5 2/2 5wt Bamboo Rod 6'3" Wooden ferrule plugFor sale here is a George Halstead bamboo rod 7 feet 5 inches, two sections with two tips for a five weight line. The aluminum reel seat up locking ring is stamped "Halstead". Walnut spacer. Very powerful rod with a medium fast action. The rod comes with two different tips, a light and a heavy tip. The rod weighs 3. 85 oz with the light tip and 3. 94 oz. with the heavy tip. The ferrule size on both tips is 15 64. Restored by Hoagy Carmichael in 1980.