J.K.Fisher Phenolic Brown Glass in 7'#5, serial number #2057 X.
This is a NOS blank pointed out by my friend Jay Lee and I'm glad he did as these are some of the most amazing glass blanks ever created for trout fishing.
True 5wt. progressive action and smooth as silk. As this is more of a bigger dry fly, smaller stream type of rod, I found that a Rio Creek 4wt. works wonders on it. I'm amazed of what kind of casts I can make with this faster action glass rod and that particular line. Goes to show that exceptional fly rod designs from almost fifty years ago work perfectly with most modern fly line designs.
Classic english "twist" snake guides and Mildrum ME stripping guide wrapped in rusty red nylon and white silk signature trim wraps just like on the old Winston Stalkers. Custom machined NS winding and ferrule check for looks and strength. Reel seat hardware kindly made by Nico at Yamame Fly Rods. The six inch snub-nose half wells grip is perfect in my hand and for this shorter blank.
This is a long awaited personal build. The magic Winston feel this rod has cannot be reproduced IMO. This is a piece of fly fishing history.
Very stoked to finally have finished this rod and already fished it a couple of times.
I have couple more of these vintage beauties for 2021, another NOS Fisher 7'6" 5wt. and a Winston 8' 4/5wt.. Thanks for looking!
