FE Thomas Special Bamboo Rod 9' 3/2 #5/6 7'1" Original bag and Champion tube

Original bag and Champion tube

We have a spare spool available separately here

Tips are marked one and two

This amusing and short book related the misadventures of a dry fly obsessed fisherman who lost his "Spinoza" rod overboard on the first day of his honeymoon at a remote Maine lodge

FE Thomas Special Bamboo Rod 9' 3/2 #5/6 7'1" Original bag and Champion tubeFor sale here is a 9 3 2 F. E. Thomas Special from 1914. 4 3 4 oz. Size 11 64 and 17 64 ferrules with a pleasing fit. Feels like it could throw a five or six weight line. Red wraps including intermediates, with black tipping at guide, ferrule wraps, and hook keeper. Cigar grip, all cork reel seat with cap and slide band. Red agate stripping guide. The rod comes with its original rod bag and a replacement tube without a cap. The rod may have been