Walt Carpenter Browntone 7'6" 2/2 #5 8' made two false casts

made two false casts

Swiss-style ferrules with engraving

99% mint and has features usually found only on top-of-the-line rods

Comes in green cloth bag with aluminum Abercrombie and Fitch tube

Wrapped brown with red or maroon edges

Walt Carpenter Browntone 7'6" 2/2 #5 8' made two false castsAn excellent Walt Carpenter Browntone fly rod, 7'6" 2 piece, 2 tip built for a #5 line. Serial #80276. 100% Mint unused. This was the first rod Walt made after leaving Leonard in 1980 when he started the W. E. Carpenter Rod Co in Chester, N. Y. The rod was made for Dr. "Skip" Ellis of West Hartford, Ct. In a letter accompanying this rod Walt talks of designing a grip and seat for this one that he calls the "Ellis" grip. It consists of a half wells