A 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 is 6 1/2" long with a hidden pocket cap, and paper and gum strips still over the grip. The rod has an aluminum uplocking screwlock with a paired off slide with Walt's die stamp "WE Carpenter, Maker" and an aluminum acorn for the bottom. The wood spacer is curly maple. The eggshell color rod bag has a hang tag. The tube is brushed aluminum with brass fittings and Walt's data sticker.

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