Thomas and Thomas Hendrickson Bamboo Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #5

Thomas and Thomas Hendrickson Bamboo Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #5A nice Thomas & Thomas Hendrickson bamboo fly rod, 8', 3 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #5 line. Serial #3573. This model is very hard to find in a three piece configuration. The rod weighs 4. 7 ounces. Very good lightly used condition. There are no cosmetic ferrule wrap cracks that I could see and no brassing to the ferrule or oxidation on the cap and ring. There is a touch of brassing to the inner snake guides. Medium semi full flexing action.

For sale here is a scarce Edward Vom Hofe Model 360 Perfection fly reel (size 2) in excellent overall condition

This reel was most likely made by Philbrook & Paine before Julius vom Hofe began making similar Leonard-marked reels in the early 1900s

a limited production run of 250 reels done in 2004

Serial number H931549

The rod packs into a tan cloth bag with a hang tag and comes with a frost coated aluminum tube with brass fittings

4 Trout model fly reel

Bob Summers was able to save the original hardware and some of the original script as well as many of the original wraps

For sale here is a rod seldomly seen on the resale market

Philbrook was a "Gunsmith's Machinist" in Bangor

These Robichaud reels are super difficult to find on the resale market as not many were made

For sale here is a rare and highly desirable 4 1/2 inch caged drum reel made by WH Dingley

The check system is like the Hardy's 1912 check