Walt Carpenter Browntone Fairy Bamboo Fly Rod 7' 2/2 #3/4 Tackling Conservation The reel has a silk

The reel has a silk line wound on it which should be removable with a little care

The rod is in excellent original condition and with no patent date on the female ferrules

Serial number "WP2846" on the side of the foot

when moving clockwise around the reel) which indicates that it must have been fished rings up for most of its time on the water

Walt Carpenter Browntone Fairy Bamboo Fly Rod 7' 2/2 #3/4 Tackling Conservation The reel has a silkA very nice Walt Carpenter Browntone "Fairy" bamboo fly rod, 7', 2 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #3 or #4 line. Serial #2013. The rod weighs 2. 7 ounces. Medium action. Mint unfished condition with the paper and gum strips still on the grip. Very fine delicate tips. The bamboo shafts are flamed with light nodes. The tips are mirrored. Brown main wraps with black edges on all, and an extra band of yellow and purple at the keeper and ferrules. Agate