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

Cigar grip with a slender nose is in excellent condition with light soiling

dating the rod to 1958

The box is in fine condition

Fario Club bamboo rod

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