A very nice Gary Howells bamboo fly rod, 8'6", 2-piece, 2-tips, built for a #6 line. Serial #4408. 4.8 ounces. Mint condition. Medium fast action. The cane is done in a three up node pattern and oven tempered to a dark wheatstraw color. The wraps are medium brown with yellow edges. A single band of red at the keeper and nowhere else. Chrome snake guides and tiptops. The grip is pristine and shaped to a western profile that is 6" in length. The seat is an uplocking screwlock with a hidden pocket cap under the heel of the grip. The rod is perfectly straight and has been treated with a thin coat of butcher's wax. The rod bad is a dark red cloth. The aluminum tube is as mint as the rod with the Howells data sticker in tact.