Bob Mead - Green Drake 8'4" brown at the ferrules

brown at the ferrules

The rod features moderately tempered cane with transparent olive wraps with ruby tipping as well as full intermediates in ruby

The rod weighs a svelte 1 1/2 oz

For sale here is a Bob Summers Model 827 bamboo fly rod

One of 220 made

Bob Mead - Green Drake 8'4" brown at the ferrulesFor sale here is the earliest example of a Green Drake tied by Bob Mead, the recognized authority in realistic fly tying. This is Bob's first "Green Drake" tied in 1985 and framed in the original box he did together with his brother. Bob's most well known for his "Praying Mantis", which currently sells for $750 and has a waiting list of over a year. Pretty much every known realistic tyer today will mention Bob as the one that got them started. Bob did