cortland fairplay prespooled fly reel 8/9wt Fishing Outfit dry fit Fishing equipment available for Size - Click Below to Find Your Size:2" x 104" - SHIPPING TO BE CALCULATED SEPARATELY The Cortland Crown Reel

cortland fairplay prespooled fly reel 8/9wt Fishing Outfit dry fit Fishing equipment available for Size - Click Below to Find Your Size:2" x 104" - SHIPPING TO BE CALCULATED SEPARATELY The Cortland Crown Reel

Fishing equipment available for rent at the Bismarck Library

“Carroll Electric Will Mark Golden Anniversary.” 11-4-1987

dry fit

Size - Click Below to Find Your Size:2" x 104" - SHIPPING TO BE CALCULATED SEPARATELY

For sale here is an 8' 3/2 5wt F.E. Thomas bamboo rod, expertly restored by Steve Blake. This is an early rod with English twist guides and darkly stained bamboo, possibly an early/proto-Mahogany although impossible to say for sure without a ledger entry or hang tag. Golden brown windings with full intermediates, blued ferrules fit perfectly, and the sections are straight & full length. Skeleton cork grip is clean and smooth, and the pocketed butt cap retains the FE Thomas "Special" stamp. All the bluing is perfect, and the rod looks unused, post-restoration. The butt cap has a "6" in bullseye with a dot below the number. Weight is 3.84oz. Medium, full flexing action, best with a DT5. A nice restored example of an early FET. Sold in the original bag and tube

The Cortland Crown Reel with mid arbor spool and central disc drag is made of aeronautical aluminum and anodized to resist corrosion