Ribbed brass "bullet" foot appears to be a replacement by looking at the the back side of the reel foot pillar (see pics)
The reel comes in a non-original suede zipper pouch (the spare spool has no pouch)
The letter relates that the leather tube is from the Winston shop and was personally embossed with Gary's name by Jeff Walker at Winston
with only one very slight mark on the rim as shown in photo #6
For sale here is a Redington DFR 690 9' 6wt graphite fly rod
Tom Morgan Rodsmith Graphite Fly Rod 8' 2/1 #2 8 Ribbed brass "bullet" foot appearsA nice Tom Morgan Rodsmiths graphite fly rod, 8', 2 piece, 1 tip, and built for a #2 line. I think it would also fish a #3 well too. Lettered with the maker, length and line weight, and the serial "96 2 12" on the butt. Faster, though delicate, action. Near mint condition with just a few tiny traces of use. The sleeve over ferrule fits nicely and the rod's finish is excellent. Wrapped in very dark burgundy which appears almost black against the black,