A6L
A6 stands for Advanced Six. The Bamboo is not Tonkin, but Japanese Ha-chiku. A6 is developed for the small streams. Medium slow with semi parabolic action. Bend deep at the butt while fighting a fish.
Its construction is quite unique. A6 is still six face rod but not hexagonal. It rather looks like triangle rod, but it is not. Three wider faces help to trip the rod tip straight forward. Other three faces are quite narrow to contribute to give a rod maximum power.
**All photos courtesy of Yuki Bando (Flybito Press)
Specifications
<Model Name>
A6L
Length and Line weight
7'6", 3wt 7'9", 3wt 8'0", 3wt
Section
3 piece
<Rod Blank>
Taper Design
Compound
Strip
Deformed Six
Deflection
Medium
Solid or Hollow
Hollow
Bamboo
Japanese Ha-Chiku
Brank color
Light brown
Tip
1 tip
<Around grip>
Reel Seat style
Downlock with cap and band
Reel Seat metal
Nickel Silver
Reel Seat spacer
Tiger Japanese Marronnier
<Around Grip>
Handle
Full Wells
Grip
Portugese corks
Grip Check
None
＜Guides>
Stripping Guide
Hard Chrome steel
Guides
Snake
Guide Metal
Hard chrome Steel
Color
Silver
<Wrapping Thread>
Thread Color
Mastard with black trim
Opitonal
*Extra tip $350
*Uprock reel seat can be altanative without extra cost. *Ciger grip can be altanative without extra cost. *Darker Finish Set(Darker Framed blank with ferrules, reel seel metal and guides are anodized in black) $110