FE Thomas Special Browntone Bamboo Fly Rod 8'6" 2/2 #6/7

FE Thomas Special Browntone Bamboo Fly Rod 8'6" 2/2 #6/7An FE Thomas Special Browntone bamboo fly rod, 8'6", 2 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #6 or #7 line. Serial H 125. The rod weighs 4. 4 ounces on my scale. Mint original condition. Fast DF action. Lightly flamed cane with brown main wraps and red edges at the keeper and male ferrule. Signature wraps at the swell and male ferrules. Perfection stripper and bronze reverse twist snake guides. The step ferrules are oxidized jet black as well as the keeper

Comes with the original reel case

Serial #78297 made in 1976

The reel seat is an up-locking German silver over a stunning amboyna wood spacer

and one a bit beefier for the bigger flies and for when the winds pick up

noted tier and co-author of the classic book Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies

The 14/64 ferrule fit is perfect

For sale here is a nickel silver Bellinger 3" Classic fly reel setup for left hand retrieve

The ferrules are Swiss-style and oxidized (however

Great condition ivorine handle spins freely

For sale here is a very limited edition Thomas and Thomas "Jus' Swell" bamboo rod in unused condition

Published by Adam and Charles Black

The grip is 6" long and shaped like a full wells slimmed at the back and the thickest part 3/4 of the way forward