RL Winston Bamboo Fly Rod 7'6" 2/2 #4/5 5 Weight and green and silver foil

and green and silver foil label

Written on the rod in Bob Summers' hand (in yellow writing): Paul H

The reason I suspect a refinish is that the main wraps are yellow and fairly blotchy and the oxidized finish on the ferrules is also a tad blotchy too (remember the Payne shop was just a few miles down the road from the Leonard shop in those days and Leonard would have had access to their oxidation formula)

The black handle has some pitting from some kind of cleaning agent (or deet

RL Winston Bamboo Fly Rod 7'6" 2/2 #4/5 5 Weight and green and silver foilA nice RL Winston bamboo fly rod, 7'6", 2 piece, 2 tip, and built for what feels to me like a #4 and perhaps a #5. A Montana era rod with serial number #2183 inked on the butt along with the original owner's name. The rod weighs 4 ounces on my scale (the blank weight is inked on the rod at 3. 5 ounces). Excellent, lightly used condition with only cosmetic issues that I could find (there is some moderate soiling to the grip and the reel seat hardware