Walt Carpenter Browntone 7'6" 2/2 #5 7'11" Truncated swiss-style ferrules with a

Truncated swiss-style ferrules with a collar on the males - the collar features a turned down step

with palming plates being exceedingly hard to find on Bogdans

The refinish job has clearly been done by an excellent rodmaker however

This is the Bogdan "Grilse" model with a 3

Highly polished

Walt Carpenter Browntone 7'6" 2/2 #5 7'11" Truncated swiss-style ferrules with 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