Vintage B James "Richard Walker Mk IV Avon" 10ft 2pc split cane Avon Rod + bag

This is a wonderfully strong example of an early B James Richard Walker MK IV Avon. Some are overly slender and others lack backbone. In character, this one is the closest I’ve seen to the rod Chris Yates used to land his record carp (albeit that rod was built on a blank made by Richard Walker). The all-important split cane blank is as straight and steely as it could ever have been –perhaps more so as the bamboo has seasoned over the years. It will go on fishing and giving pleasure indefinitely. At sixty six years old, it’s doing a lot better than its human counterparts.A truly outstanding rod and very rare both in terms of its condition, rarity (1st year of production & about 1 in 10 MK IVs were Avons) and function.This rod has been recently valued at 1600