Per Brandin Model 865-2 DF 8'6" 2/2 #5 3-piece Full length smooth brass foot

Full length smooth brass foot has not been filed or altered in any way

There are a few very faint marks on the spacer from the reel foot and well as a few marks from the ring itself

but all are intact with no chips

This is an updated version of the original T2000 model introduced in 1988

casting a three weight as well if not better than a four weight line

Per Brandin Model 865-2 DF 8'6" 2/2 #5 3-piece Full length smooth brass footFor sale here is a Per Brandin hollow built six strip (hex) bamboo rod. 8'6 for a DT5 line. Model 865 2 DF. From Per's website, "This eight and one half foot rod for #5 line fills a need for a longer trout rod in bamboo that still casts and handles very positively, especially compared with solid rods of the same line weight and length. I feel it is an improvement over the old E. C. Powell 8 1 2' B9 taper, which exhibits similar qualities and served as