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Wes Cooper is a retired political science teacher from Fremont, MI. Although widely regarded as the "Master of the scarf joint", Wes also offers a full line of high quality custom crafted split cane rods. Wes has been building bamboo rods from his shop in Fremont for the past 20 years using proven tapers from master rod builders past and present to develop a wonderful lineup of offerings for the bamboo rod enthusiast. Wes will intently listen to you as you describe your desired taper, length, line weight, cane color, wrap colors, ferrule & guide preferences, grip configuration, and reel seat design. Wes uses only premium quality cork and furnishings featuring carbaloy, TiNi, and agatine strippers, perfection snake and tip top guides, & nickle silver ferrules and reel seat hardware from Bellinger and Constable. Each new Cooper Classic is neatly hand signed and serial numbered by Wes and comes with a hand sewn bag (crafted by Mrs. Cooper) and a high quality black "wrinkle finish" aluminum tube. The following lineup of rods are available to order through Coldwater Collectibles:

6' ~ 2/2 Available as a 3wt. or 4wt. ***** $1,095 *****	6'6" ~ 2/2 Available as a 3wt. or 4wt. ***** $1,095 *****	7' ~ 2/2 Available as a 4wt. or 5wt. ***** $1,095 *****
7'6" ~ 2/2 Available as a 4wt. or 5wt. ***** $1,095 *****	8' ~ 2/2 Available as a 4wt., 5wt., or 6wt. ***** $1,095 *****	8'6" ~ 2/2 Available as a 5wt., 6wt., or 7wt. ***** $1,095 *****

SOLD W.V. Cooper ~ 7’ 3” ~ 2/2 ~ 3 1/8oz. ~ 4wt. ~ NEW ~ This sweet little wand from the bench of Fremont, Michigan’s Wes Cooper is mint unfished with the original plastic still on the grip. World reknown as the master of the scarf, Wes also handcrafts quality rods that can often be seen on several of Michigan’s blue-ribbon trout streams. This one features flamed cane wrapped in brown silks with yellow tipping at the WC, tip –tops and ferrule stations protected by a smooth varnish finish. A single yellow wrap near the tip-top guide is used to differentiate one tip from the other. Carbaloy stripper, chrome snakes & tip-tops. Smooth and tight-fitting Bailey Woods N/S ferules give a satisfying 'pop' when separated. Cigar grip it fitted with a N/S D/L'ing cap and ring seat with a beautiful walnut burl spacer. Neatly inked on the rod in black script is Wesley V. Cooper #19399 (193rd rod built in 1999) ~ 7’ 3” ~ DT #4 ~ 3 1/8 oz. Comes with the original custom made fly pattern rod bag (crafted by Mrs. Cooper) and black wrinkle-finish aluminum brass-capped tube. The brisk action handles a Cortland Peach DT-4 with ease.

From time to time, Wes offers shop rods at a reduced price. Most are new, but may have either been lawn casted or fished a handful of times. There are no shop rods available at this time. Please check back again soon.