Five Notable Winston Rods
During the last couple of days while working in the home office, my eyes kept glancing over at the rack of Winston fly rods. For a while, I was looking at them without really knowing why. It then occurred to me I was pondering which were the top five rods in my collection. Yeah, I know...I create a top five list each year. However, this time I was assessing them primarily based on historical significance, in addition to their performance capabilities. Selecting the five most historical rods in the rack was easy: Winston Light Trout 7'6" 5wt hollow-fluted Bamboo Rod - This rod was crafted by Stoner/Loskot in 1940 at their San Francisco shop. The technique Lew Stoner invented (and patented) to hollow out bamboo rod sections justifies R.L. Winston's Light Trout rod series as a significant milestone in the history of rod making. Winston Tom Morgan Favorite WT 8' 4wt fly rod - what do you get when you marry a three-weight tip with a four-weight butt section? Well, you get ...
