Walt Carpenter "North Pond" 8' 3/2 5-6wt Bamboo Rod

Walt Carpenter "North Pond" 8' 3/2 5-6wt Bamboo RodFor sale here is a quite special Walt Carpenter bamboo rod. The original owner dubbed it the "North Pond". As he so aptly states it, "it's nothing special, just a pond in the Northwoods of Maine with exquisite brook trout." 8' 3 2 5 6wt Browntone. Serial no. 20580. The rod is in excellent overall condition. All sections are full length and reasonably straight. Fished carefully. Moderately tempered browntone cane with chestnut wraps and black tipping.

and now it's ready for many years of service on your favorite river

Limited Edition #22 of #30

Impregnated with chrome guides and brown wraps

An excellent little Peerless 2A from Bob Corsetti's lineup of Peerless offerings

Marketed by Dutch Reels

The second and final volume of the award-winning history of The Grand Cascapedia River

I'd love to fish this" kind of feel)

Cap and ring engraved by master engraver Paolo Barbetti

A great copy of this early but important book on fly fishing with Ogden laying the groundwork for dry fly fishing

Bright aluminum down-locking reel seat over a mortised walnut burl spacer

As I said to Junior

Many of their earliest reels were manufactured by Conroy and Crook