Mike Spittler Quad Fluted Hollowbuilt Fly Rod 9' 3/2 #4 5 Weight I may have been the

I may have been the first person to put this rod together outside of the Young rod shop

An Early Jim Payne 9' 3pc

This is an impregnated rod with 3 up node pattern

While ferrules have standardized sizes there is occasionally some small variation across makers

Highly polished and has clearly never been used or lined

Mike Spittler Quad Fluted Hollowbuilt Fly Rod 9' 3/2 #4 5 Weight I may have been theA superb M. K. Spittler Co. serial #488, 9' 3 2 quad for a #4 line. Boasts a bright uplocking screwlock with delrin button over what appears to be a cedar spacer. Another "lawn cast" specimen. The rod has oxidized square to round ferrules, an agate stripping guide, and chrome tip tops and guides. This rod also exhibits the square delrin check that is hallmark of Sam Carlson's influence. Lovely medium flame cane with garnet red wraps and black edges.