Vintage Hardy “The Houghton” 9ft 6” 3 piece (plus spare tip) split cane Fly Rod In very good condition. Bronzed brass Lockfast joints, yellow intermediate with green eye whippings, lined butt ring, and a cork handle with single bronze sliding ring reel seat. This rod signed 11th May 1915, stamped A95225, is a very good example of Hardy quality. It comes complete with a Hardy bamboo tip tube in a Hardy 3 pocket “rod in hand” labelled cloth bag. Condition: * Blanks, no splits, cracks or sets * Eyes and whipping complete and sound * Cork handle clean and complete * Spare tip has black whippings Un assembled length 100cm. 773
