Walt Carpenter Browntone 7'6" 2/2 #5 9'6" For sale here is a

For sale here is a Hardy Neroda No

The rod features mildly tempered cane with deep mahogany wraps and emerald tipping at the winding check and male ferrules

great looking blemish-free cane

Dark stained maple burl wood

straight as the day it came out of the shop

Walt Carpenter Browntone 7'6" 2/2 #5 9'6" For sale here is aAn 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