Sweetgrass - "Mantra" 7'6" 2/1 #5 Penta Fly Rod

Sweetgrass - "Mantra" 7'6" 2/1 #5 Penta Fly RodFor sale here is another great rod from the Booboys at Sweetgrass Rods in Montana. A 7'6" 2 1 5wt pent bamboo rod from their "Mantra" series. Serial no. 16 014. The rod is in near mint condition having only been lawn cast. All sections are full length and straight. Pristine, moderately tempered cane with transparent deep amber wraps. Black tipping at the winding check, ferrules, and tip tops. Lighty blued guides. Agate stripping guide. U shaped hook

Hermann's reels

with very minor soiling

Still the rod tube and much of the hardware make this an interesting piece indeed

Interestingly

Lovely varnish work

Made in 1980

and in a grey cloth bag with stiffener

ser # 2153"

A nice saltwater classic here

I would call this a slow-medium action for a #7

and presented in a handsome mahogany display case

For the first time here their work is chronicled in a fifty-page article with eighty photographs