FE Thomas Special Bamboo Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #4/5 New Arrival The prior owner's name has

The prior owner's name has been scratched into the underside of the foot

The strap-over tensioner works perfectly

a nice surprise the prior owner failed to disclose

The rod packs into an offwhite bag and gray frost coated aluminum tube with the Orvis data sticker affixed to it

FE Thomas Special Bamboo Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #4/5 New Arrival The prior owner's name hasAn FE Thomas Special bamboo fly rod, 8', 3 piece, 2 tip, and built for what feels to me like a #4 or #5 line. The rod weighs 4. 2 ounces on my scale. 1945 manufacture date. Used but not abused condition with some hints of bag adhesion and a few varnish chips here and there. There are also some cosmetic casting cracks at the ferrule wraps. Medium oven tempered cane. Brown main wraps and 3 7 3 1 signature wraps as well as 3 underwraps on the tips and