FE Thomas Mahogany Bamboo Fly Rod 9' 3/2 #4/5 HL Leonard Good used condition with moderate

Good used condition with moderate cosmetic wear to the rims but clean otherwise and mechanically sound

Here is in article from 1972 in SI about Vince Cummings:

Carbon fiber disk drag system that is very powerful

The rod action is on the slower side of medium

Rod does not come with a tube but does include the original brown bag with two sections

FE Thomas Mahogany Bamboo Fly Rod 9' 3/2 #4/5 HL Leonard Good used condition with moderateAn 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