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A nice Darryl Whitehead fly rod, 7'6", 2-piece, 2-tip, built for a #5 line. Serial #85. Fast DF action. Well cared for lightly used condition. Light tanning to the grip from hand soiling. Blonde oven tempered cane in a spiral node pattern with book-matched tips. Agate stripper. The wraps are a medium brown with black edges. Swiss style ferrules with engraving by Paolo Barbetti. The reel seat is also engraved. The grip is 5 1/2" in a blunt western-style grip of 1/4" corks. The reel seat is a fine threaded downlocking screwlock with engraving and the number "#85". The spacer is a white fossilized material, as is the ferrule plug. The rod comes with a yellow cloth bag and packs into an aluminum tube in a leather case by Arne Mason which is stamped "DL Whitehead, Rod Company" and "85".