Cummings, Vince -- Personal Wheatley Fly Box

Cummings, Vince -- Personal Wheatley Fly BoxFor sale here is a Wheatley fly box owned by the legendary rod maker, Vince Cummings, whose named is laser etched on the outer surface. Dimensions 5" x 3 1 2" x 1". Base 12 windows lid foam. Contains approx. 50 dries and 65 wets. The box is in excellent overall working condition. Some old varnish covers the outer finish. The fly boxes and the flies they contain were part of Vince's personal fishing equipment. Most of the flies were probably tied by

Base and lid spring coils

First the grip

lowest startup inertia system with superior heat distribution If you're serious about saltwater or spey fishing than this is your next reel

75 oz with a crisp

Hardware and ferrules are bright and have some mild spots of corrosion from finger print acids

two-tip for a #4 or #5 weight line

8' 2/2 for a #6 line

Dark tempered cane in a three up node pattern construction

Nice rod for a fan of medium-slow actions

It predates the use of a roller die stamp which places its manufacture in the late 1980’s to early 1990’s

Ring hook keeper and oxidized nickel silver winding check

Perfectly knurled nickel silver oil cap