Walt Carpenter Special Bamboo Fly Rod 6' 2/2 #4 7'3" Fine in pictorial dust jacket

Fine in pictorial dust jacket

cigar-style grip 4 1/2" in length

otherwise VG+ 32pp

knurled aluminum sliding band reel seat over a slightly mortised cork spacer

The brake shoes are Micarta

Walt Carpenter Special Bamboo Fly Rod 6' 2/2 #4 7'3" Fine in pictorial dust jacketA nice Walt Carpenter "Special" bamboo fly rod, 6', 2 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #4 line. 2. 5 ounces. Mint, uncast condition. Medium fast action. This is a one off rod from Walt with a special mahogany seat. The cane is tempered to a wheatstraw color and done in a three up node pattern. Swelled butt. Yellow main wraps with black edges and extra bands of yellow and black at the keeper and male ferrules. Brown main at the ferrules. Oxidized and