Betts, John - A Collection of Books, Flies, Framed Flies, etc. 5'6" Oxidized guides with the exception

Oxidized guides with the exception of the stripping guide

which Gillum started using around 1948-1950

The rod sits squarely between a 5 and 6 wt in my hands and could handle either line well

This reel is part of a limited edition series of only 1000 reels made to celebrate The House of Hardy's 125th Anniversary

The grip is the classic

Betts, John - A Collection of Books, Flies, Framed Flies, etc. 5'6" Oxidized guides with the exceptionFor sale here is a fine collection of John Betts items: 1) Framed Flies and Sketch "The Bubble" (Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the American Museum of Fly Fishing. #182 of 300 in the limited edition. 2) Book Flies with an Edited Hackle softcover (very rare) 3) Book Catch the Hatch (1984) original hand colored (even more rare!) 4) Book Catch the Hatch (2000) reproduction 5) Book Making Strip Built Fly Rods (2007) hardcover 6) Book Making Strip