FE Thomas Mahogany Bamboo Fly Rod 9' 3/2 #4/5 2-piece Red agate stripper and chrome

Red agate stripper and chrome snake guides

The grip has been cleaned and has some small indentations where the guides have pressed into it while in the tube

Made in 1964

All sections are full-length and dead straight

FE Thomas Mahogany Bamboo Fly Rod 9' 3/2 #4/5 2-piece Red agate stripper and chromeAn F. E. Thomas Mahogany bamboo fly rod, 9', 3 piece, 2 tip, and built for what feels to me like a #4 or #5 line. Serial #30. Very fine tips with a wet fly action. Dark oven temper cane with darker nodes. Brown wraps with an agate stripper. Reverse twist snake guides. Ferrules and seat hardware are anodized jet black. The varnish is good with a few chips here and there. There is a bit of excess varnish flowing off the wraps (was it given a possible