Orvis SSS Bamboo Fly Rod 8'9" 2/2 #10 6'8" aluminum tube with green/silver foil

aluminum tube with green/silver foil label

The rod was built for Hazel Johnson by Paul Young in 1950 and is not serial numbered

DVD 2 contains the other 3 original tapes

but does what it's supposed to

with some light hand soiling and minor ridging

Orvis SSS Bamboo Fly Rod 8'9" 2/2 #10 6'8" aluminum tube with green/silver foilAn Orvis SSS model bamboo fly rod, 8'9", 2 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #10. Serial #73211. Very light use. Medium full flexing action. 7 ounces. The butt is trimmed shorter than the tips. Dark oven temper cane with a three up node pattern. Brown wraps with no edges. 3 carbide ring strippers on the butt. Chrome snakes and tip tops. Oxidized ferrules. The rod is nice and straight. The grip is 7" long in a blunt cigar with little hand soiling. The reel