This smallmouth bass took a streamer on the Housatonic River in Connecticut. The rod is an 8′ Orvis Battenkill.
Phillipson Smuggler pack rod from 1952 and Orvis Battenkill reel from 2004.
Six-pound Florida peacock bass caught on a 9′ Goodwin Granger 9053 Victory, made in the mid 1930s.
Bonefish caught off Nassau in the Bahamas on an 8’6″ Orvis Shooting Star bamboo rod.
Fishing a fly-in lake in Florida for panfish with an 8-foot Wright & McGill Granger Special made in the late 1940s.
Not many fish are more fun to catch on a light fly rod than bluegills.
Fin-Nor saltwater fly reels
Peacock bass caught in Florida with an 8’6″ Phillipson Paramount rod from the late 1940s. The reel is a Montgomery Ward Sport King, made by the Ocean City company of Philadelphia at about the same time.
A nice bluegill on a 8’6″ Phillipson PowrPakt. Bluegill and other sunfish are powerful fighters and great sport on bamboo fly rods.