Per Brandin Model 834-2 DF Special 8'3" 2/2 #4 8'6' Swift and with some backbone

Swift and with some backbone though it also possesses the finesse and feel to fish small dries

Tiny crack at wrapped ferrules

when properly designed

Assembled spool with bronze arbor -- with the original Vom Hofe-style grub screw through the arbor to the spindle-shaft to allow centering adjustment of the spool in the cage

with both tips

Per Brandin Model 834-2 DF Special 8'3" 2/2 #4 8'6' Swift and with some backboneFor sale here is a Per Brandin hollow built four strip (quad) bamboo rod. 8'3 for a DT4 line. Model 834 2 df HB Special. The rod weighs 3. 2 oz. From Per's website: "This model was very favorably referred to in John McDaniel's book Fly Fishing the Harriman Ranch and it is the rod of choice for many experienced cane anglers fishing there and waters with similar demands such as the Missouri and West Branch Delaware." Blued nickel silver cap and slide