Alan Kube (new stock), 8 ft., 3/2, 5 wt, Alan is one of the best new rodbuilders around and does some of the best wrapping and varnish you will see, he also builds all of his components himself including his own ferrules and reel seat. blued nickel silver sliding band over wood spacer, translucent honey wraps tipped in burgundy with an intermediate shadow wrap in the tipping, blued nickel silver ferrules, blued snakes, tip tops, and agate stripper, wood/cork ferrule plugs, bag and aluminum tube.