Walt Carpenter Browntone Fly Rod 7’9” 3/2 #4

Walt Carpenter Browntone Fly Rod 7’9” 3/2 #4A beautiful Walt Carpenter Browntone fly rod, 7'9", 3 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #4 line. 4. 2 ounces. Serial #2111079. Mint, uncast condition. Full flexing but strong DF action. Flamed cane done in a three up node pattern. Excellent varnish. The main wraps are brown with black edges and an extra band of yellow and maroon at the keeper and male ferrules. The step ferrules are oxidized as is the rest of the hardware. The grip is 6" and shaped to a

semi-parabolic and on the faster side of medium-fast

Bright aluminum down-locking reel seat over a mortised walnut spacer

and Babine have all the features of the Custom 3

with no sign of any cleaning or anything other than time as the likely cause

Comes in a black leather

so Marc sent me two new tip tops for the rod

The perfect bonefish reel with the best drag ever made

My swiss ferrules with a collar on the males with a recessed slant knurl

Serial #4159 indicating a 1975 manufacture date

For sale here is a fine Leonard Mills Model 44B raised pillar fly reel

The reel features a seven-position drag setting mechanism on the tail plate

with unknown line included