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Cap and ring reel seat with a walnut spacer
Diminutive cigar grip wrapped in plastic
which indicates that this is one of my earliest model rods
Full length and unmolested ribbed brass foot
Orvis Bakelite 8'6 bamboo rod 9'6" Cap and ring reel seatFor sale here is a 8'6 "Orvis Impregnated" "Pat Pend" bamboo rod, known as a Bakelite rod in the Orvis rod database, and a predecessor to their later Battenkill model (bakelite was the chemical resin used to impregnate the cane). This impregnation process resulted in a rich dark tone that has a cult following among Orvis collectors. The rod weighs 5 1 8 oz. and the ferrules are size 11 64 and 17 64. I like it with a DT6 for close in work but it would
