Brass Crank-Wind 2 3/4" Trout Winch -- Phin Edinburgh

Brass Crank-Wind 2 3/4" Trout Winch -- Phin EdinburghFor sale here is a very scarce brass crank wind trout winch from the 19th Century. Stamped PHIN MAKER EDIN on reel foot. My bit of research turned up Phin's Fishing Tackle Warehouse in Edinburgh. Mr. Phin was regarded highly as a rod maker as early as 1819. From the archives of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine in May 1819, "Without offence to our other excellent friends, we pronounce him the prince of our metropolitan rod makers""Mr. Phin never dresses

An extra band of brown and black at the keeper

Aluminum rod tube with data sticker

For sale here is an ultra scarce bamboo rod made by Orvis in 1976 - the Caenis model

The drag is still perfectly strong and smooth

Serial #840

A fly line sticker would hide this well

Weight is 5

This reel features the Fulton St

A very rare and highly unusual Leonard rod here

Therefore the rod information was re-inked by Sam Carlson in black as was his standard practice (he didn’t try to deceptively imitate the original writing even though he had the white ink to do so)

cork reel seat with bright nickel silver ring and pocketed butt cap stamped FE Thomas Special Bangor

Diameter: 2 3/4"