Kelly, Mary Kefover - U. S. Fishing Rod Patents and Other Tackle 5'6" A fine piece for the

A fine piece for the fly collector and the top also makes a great display item for your vintage tackle items

This is most apparent on the high spots of the grip

but nothing overly objectionable

Judging by the guide foot stains on the mid and the ghosting on the tips this rod has been refinished and may have been cut down from a 9 foot

Kelly, Mary Kefover - U. S. Fishing Rod Patents and Other Tackle 5'6" A fine piece for the1990 1st edition. Thomas B. Reel Company. Plano, Texas. 104 pages. B W photographs, illustrations. Edition limited to 750 numbered copies. Like new condition in dust jacket showing minor handling marks. "U. S. Patents Class 43. Sub Classes 18 26. 1854 to 1931". Contains numerous reproductions of patent drawings, as well as photgraphs of rods and equipment. Introduction and brief history of the fishing rod by the editor, Brian McGrath of the Leonard