Ward's M27 (H-I Black River) combination fly/bait rod

[Ron Mc]

This is a Wards M27 combo rod. It's the same rod as the H-I Black River.
It makes an 8-1/2' trout rod that throws a decent DT5, with a heavy-enough reel. There's also a bait-casting blade .
(Here, this is what the '51 Ward's catalog says about the rod:

I've never tried as a short flyrod, and I doubt it works very well, but I have used it as a baitcaster and it works fine. I think maybe its missing a stepdown ferrule piece to make all those combos...

The rod is pristine - I've fished it twice, and I doubt if anybody fished it before me. Flamed cane, all original. The sections are reasonably straight, ferrules are snug. I found the H-I linen bag and it has a quality aluminum tube.

I will take $100 plus the shipping for this rod.
as always, 3 day inspection. Sorry, I photographed this in a hurry (bit of spherical aberration from the short focal length).









thanks for looking
Ron Mc

[Ron Mc]

hey, I bet you guys can match this rod from the Ward's cat

[Ron Mc]

I reduced the price considerably on this nice rod.