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An RL Winston quad bamboo fly rod, 7'9", 2-piece, 2-tip, built for a #3 or #4. Serial #3825. 4 ounces on my scale but listed on the rod shaft as 3 1/8 ounces. Lawn cast condition with a hint of brassing to the inner snake guides. Medium action. A rare quad design from Winston, this model is hard to come by. Superb varnish with very light tan or brown main wraps and black edges at the keeper, ferrule, and tip-tops. Agate stripper and large snake guides. The bamboo is a spiral node pattern and oven tempered to a chestnut color, darker at the nodes. The grip is a large 7" long full wells but lightly sculpted and with a hidden pocket cap in the heel. The reel seat is an uplocking nickel silver screwlock with a mortised wood spacer. The "RL Winston, Rod Co" is stamped on the bottom cap. The rod is packed in a white poplin bag with a sewn on Winston logo and the original brown paint tube with gold anodized aluminum collar and top.