Pinky Gillum 8' 2/3 #5/6 Trout Rod Vintage Fly Tackle and a 5 1/2" fighting

and a 5 1/2" fighting butt with hard rubber butt cap

Very handsome squared bakelite winding check flows seamlessly into the cigar grip with a squared nose

A true all-around large trout rod

The reel is set up for RHW but can be easily reversed to LHW

The rod has been re-finished

Pinky Gillum 8' 2/3 #5/6 Trout Rod Vintage Fly Tackle and a 5 1/2" fightingFor sale here is a Harold S. "Pinky" Gillum bamboo fly rod in very good+ condition. 8 feet with two sections and three tips. The third tip was built at a later date, evident by the fact that the cane appears slightly lighter (due to the curing of the varnish) and was glued using resorcinol, Pinky's glue of choice later in his career. I've inspected the two original tips closely and no repairs are evident. The rod is serial no. 618. The ferrules on the