Wes Drain Steelhead Reel - extremely scarce! 6'10" set off with black edges

set off with black edges at the ferrules

Has seen some use

yet elegant aesthetics complete the package

I built this rod about 15 years ago

Wes Drain Steelhead Reel - extremely scarce! 6'10" set off with black edgesFor sale here is a very scarce Wes Drain Steelhead reel, one of 7 8 reels made with the aid of Boeing engineers machinists and their facilities in Washington State. This one was made for Drain's close friend and fishing companion, John Thompson. Drain was a well known and very accomplished fisherman, holding a 20+ year record for the largest steelhead landed in the State of Washington, caught on the Skagit River on a self made fly pattern now known as