Dette - Seven Dry Flies with Provenance Letter

Dette - Seven Dry Flies with Provenance LetterFor sale here is a set of 7 classic Catskill dry flies tied by the Dettes. You will be hard pressed to find a better lot of flies tied by one of the Catskill's best known families. The flies included are one each of the following patterns; Quill Gordon, Red Quill, Lt. Hendrickson, Gray Fox, March Brown, Sulphur and Lt. Cahill. Also included is a notarized copy of the letter from Dick Kress of the American Museum of Fly Fishing authenticating that

Dates from the Maxwell period

The case is capable of holding six larger sized reels or a DSLR with lenses

The refinish job has clearly been done by an excellent rodmaker however

Still a very nice and tight Dingley Perfect trout reel that should see many more years on the stream

The ferrules are wrapped in jet black

A new Hidy 3 piece trout rod is $3750 with a multi-year wait

Near mint+ condition with super minor handling marks from collectors over the years

Down lock aluminum screw lock with a nicely varnished wood spacer (I am not certain what this wood is)

straw colored varnished cane

The second of two Hardy bamboo rod tubes that we have

The brake shoe and handle grasp are made of micarta

Built in 1977