Name: FE Thomas Browntone Streamer Bamboo Fly Rod 8'6 3/3 #6
SKU: 2904
Price: 147.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Description

An FE Thomas Browntone Streamer bamboo fly rod, 8’6″, 3-piece, 3-tip, and built for a #6 line. The original owner of the rod was Edgar B. McKay, a teacher and environmental educator from Maine. Both of the Streamer rods he owned were made in 1947, the first year he began teaching at UMaine. One original tip is 1-3/4 short, and one tip was an extra made by Jim Schaaf. “EF 109″ is stamped on the butt cap. The rod weighs 5 ounces on my scale. Medium fast action. Excellent condition with good ferrule fits and all sections are nice and straight. Brown main wraps with 3/7/3 signature wraps in brown. Perfection stripper. Reverse twist snake guides. Oxidized step ferrules. Three windaways at the male ferrule. The grip is a half wells that’s 5 3/4” long. The aluminum downlocking screwlock has the heavy “lightbulb” style threads and the wood spacer looks to me to be a light walnut. The pocket cap is oxidized and has the extended bottom typical of the streamer rods. The rod packs into the original green cloth bag and Thomas tube with the shield sticker 85% intact. This rod is pictured in the definitive FE Thomas book on page 289.