Thomas and Thomas Henry's Fork Bamboo Fly Rod 8'6" 2/2 #5

Thomas and Thomas Henry's Fork Bamboo Fly Rod 8'6" 2/2 #5A nice Thomas and Thomas "Henry's Fork" model bamboo fly rod, 8'6", 2 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #5 line. Serial #5725. The rod weighs 5. 6 ounces on my scale. Modestly used condition. There is some soiling to the grip and the start of some casting cracks at the ferrule wraps. The action is medium fast. Impregnated cane, which has a flamed tiger stripe with three up nodes. The main wraps are brown at the keeper and ferrules and light tan at all of

the pinnacle of the bench-made reel

Tight mechanically and this reel also has the oversized pawls which give it a stronger-than-normal drag

Harvey's bio can be found here

Comes with the original green bag (with sleeve for extension butt) as well as the original labeled tube

extremely hard to find

A handsome reel which is perfect for Orvis collectors

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The next step up in quality of the Pflueger reel lineup was the "Hawkeye"

A great early account of the Test

tight and without issue

The rod is constructed from madake cane

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