Orvis Shooting Star 9'6" 2/2 #9

Orvis Shooting Star 9'6" 2/2 #9An Orvis Shooting Star bamboo fly rod, 9, 2 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #9 line. Serial #14074. The rod weighs 6. 5 oz. Rod action is medium but very powerful. Good condition but may have been refinished with aetna foulproof guides at some time as the finish on the guide wraps are adequate but fall short of Orvis professional standards. Dark mahogany color cane in a three up node pattern and impregnated. The wraps are brown. The step ferrules are

A very nice package here at a very reasonable price

Serial #984

Wagner Penta fly rod

which stores into a separate screw compartment in the bottom end of the tube

The blank has the unsanded look

There are a few small dents towards the bottom

this is an amazingly preserved pre-fire Leonard

The grip is 6" long and shaped to a western style with a hidden pocket cap for the uplocking nickel silver screwlock

"JC Zimny Maker" engraved on butt cap

For sale here is a scarce 6'6" Orvis Battenkill Deluxe

the only catalog ever produced showing its entire line of products

the rod was made for John Knowles