Walt Carpenter Browntone Fly Rod 7'3" 2/2 #4

Walt Carpenter Browntone Fly Rod 7'3" 2/2 #4An excellent W. C Carpenter 7' 3" 2 piece Browntone rod with two mirrored tips, and built for a #4 weight. Medium action rod with flametone rod shafts designed in a two opposed node pattern. Wrapped brown with black edges. White agate stripper and perfection HSS snake guides. Excellent+ varnish. This rod was built in 1980, a particularly early and desirable period. 5 1 2" half wells cork grip. Varnished Spanish cedar wood spacer ring separates the

a 4" classically styled version perfect for chasing large salmon

Nice little copy of the supplement to Hardy's 1935 Angler's guide

peeled off a bunch of line

Cloth rod bag and aluminum painted tube with a gold anodised aluminum top

Topics covered include the creation of the Cascapedia Cloth slipcase Society

Olive poplin bag with black drawstrings

I have added a heavy brass base (with the Spinoza Rod Company cartouche imprinted) so the needle will sit upright on your tying table

The rods' wraps are light tan with cinnamon accents at the ferrules

More importantly it is not often you come across a rod with this kind of major historical significance

near mint condition with the only sign of use being a small mark on the reel seat where a reel has been fitted lightly at some point

and chrome tip-tops and guides

green highlander