Walt Carpenter Special Fly Rod 8' 2/2 #5/6 Granger / Wright & McGill A 3-3/8" pattern 15A will

A 3-3/8" pattern 15A will hold a modern DT6 with 75 yds backing

two sections with one tip

This rod is in very good lightly used condition

The reel is loaded with what looks to be an old silk tapered line

Both quite rare in their own regard

Walt Carpenter Special Fly Rod 8' 2/2 #5/6 Granger / Wright & McGill A 3-3/8" pattern 15A willA Walt Carpenter Special bamboo fly rod, 8', 2 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #5 or #6 line. Serial 20280. 4. 8 ounces on my scale. Medium action, maybe a smidge toward medium fast. The rod is mint with the paper still on the grip. Oven tempered cane in a three up node pattern. Tan main wraps with black edges and a band of brown and black at the keeper and male ferrules. The ferrules are step and oxidized. The varnish is superb. The western style grip