Halstead, GH - 7'5 2/2 5wt Bamboo Rod 6'3" and brass platewind trout reel

and brass platewind trout reel

Currently set up for left hand retrieve

Includes original bag and tube with the label 85% remaining

Stamped with roman numeral III marks on spool and frame

Halstead, GH - 7'5 2/2 5wt Bamboo Rod 6'3" and brass platewind trout reelFor sale here is a George Halstead bamboo rod 7 feet 5 inches, two sections with two tips for a five weight line. The aluminum reel seat up locking ring is stamped "Halstead". Walnut spacer. Very powerful rod with a medium fast action. The rod comes with two different tips, a light and a heavy tip. The rod weighs 3. 85 oz with the light tip and 3. 94 oz. with the heavy tip. The ferrule size on both tips is 15 64. Restored by Hoagy Carmichael in 1980.