Ross Heritage Edward Vom Hofe Fly Reel 8'7" while still loading easily with

while still loading easily with only a few feet of line out of the tip

The fighting butt stores in the bottom of a blue heavy cloth tie string bag meant for the rod with a Hardy logo embroidered on the bag and a large card from Hardy with care tips and the rod data

For sale here is a John Gallas "Croton" Model bamboo fly rod

A classic Payne rod with the Payne die stamp on the up-locking ring

and on the wrap flat "7' — 4"

Ross Heritage Edward Vom Hofe Fly Reel 8'7" while still loading easily withAn extremely scarce Ross "Heritage" Edward Vom Hofe style reel, constructed of german silver and delrin side plates. 2 7 8" diameter with a 1" spool width. LHW retrieve. Near mint condition with some faint marks on the faceplate and some light mounting marks on the foot, but very clean overall. This reel is serial #12 of 27 reels that Ross produced in 1992 (I believe that Len Codella commissioned Ross to make these). The size is roughly equivalent to