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A nice Bob Clay (Riverwatch) "Dean's Skeena" model fly rod, 11', 3-piece, 2-tips, built for a #5/6 spey line. Mint, unfished. Pentagonal design, Bob's speciality. This is a carbon fiber ferrule model which allows for easy assembly and disassembly, and keeps the rod lightweight. The rod data is inked on the butt including the serial number "16429". Medium full flexing action which you can feel well down into the cork and which should work nicely with a light scandi or skagit setup. Medium wheatstraw cane done in a spiral node configuration. Matte finish to the blank. Wrapped in a light cinnamon color with darker red tipping at the keeper and stripping guide. The composite ferrules fit well and have a minimalist black matte finish. 12 1/2" top cork grip with composite cork fore and aft. Downlocking screwlock hardware over what appears to be a maple burl spacer. "Bob Clay, Maker" stamped into the slide ring along with an outline of a fish. The bottom grip is 4 1/2" with standard cork throughout but composite cork fore and aft (there is also a small aluminum cork check which is part of the hidden pocket cap). You can see the cross section of the blank in the very bottom of the rod. The rod packs into a grey/green bag and a brown frost coated tube with the Riverwatch logo and brass fittings.