Chris Carlin "Walkabout" Bamboo Fly Rod 9' 4/2 #10

Chris Carlin "Walkabout" Bamboo Fly Rod 9' 4/2 #10A Chris Carlin Walkabout bamboo fly rod, 9', 4 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #10 line. Serial # HW690104H. The rod weighs 7. 3 ounces on my scale. Fast DF style action. Dark flamed cane with light 3 up nodes. Lightly used, just starting to see some ferrule wrap cracks from casting. The main wraps are black with a red edge at the keeper and male ferrules. The ferrules are truncated Swiss style and oxidized a brownish black. The ferrules will need to be

Khaki bag has a stiffener and leather pull tab

Impregnated cane

A superb example for the collector or fisherman

Mirrored tips and pot-belly style step ferrules

Great patina and the frame and spool have normal cosmetic wear but no major issues

The line on the reel in the photos has been removed

For sale here is a nice example of a pre-war Hardy Perfect Duplicated MK II wide drum fly reel from the early 1930s to late 1940s

Dual knobs on the S-handle arm

Serial number K/J which dates the rod to October 1968

no spool wobble

Color preserver has caused some lightening on the butt guide wraps but all are sound with an attractive patina

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