W T Hancock High Holborn 11’9″ trout fly rod & leather handle

Maker: W T Hancock 

Model: Split cane trout rod

Condition: Good

Material: Greenheart / split cane 

Date made: 1900

Length / Diameter: 11′ 9 three piece

Country of origin: England 

Ideal use: Trout 

Notes:

An early example from a London tackle maker with rare leather handle and brass reel fittings, snake eyes and brown whippings. Makers name stamped to bottom brass collar. Wooden stoppers to brass ferrules and spare split cane tip with slight set due to the cane being over 100 years old. In tatty cloth rod bag. Despite its age, this rod is still fishable.