Proper, Datus - Pheasants of the Mind: A Hunter's Search for a Mythic Bird 4 Weight This is perhaps the earliest

This is perhaps the earliest example of the "Hunt" model rod

For sale here is a Paul Hermann Baby Trout Model fly reel in mint unfished condition

Excellent+ restored condition

The Dry Fly Salmon was slightly smaller in capacity than Paul's Standard Salmon

The script on the rod appears to be someone's other than Maxwell

Proper, Datus - Pheasants of the Mind: A Hunter's Search for a Mythic Bird 4 Weight This is perhaps the earliestWilderness Adventures Press, Gallatin Gateway MT, 1994. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Hardie, Eldridge (illustrator). First edition. No. 33 of 275 copies Size: 8vo over 7" 9" tall. Signed by Author, Illustrator, and Publisher. Limited Edition.