Sweetgrass Mantra Quad Bamboo Fly Rod 7’9” 3/1 #5 Vintage Fly Tackle. 6'6" Detroit Maker

Detroit Maker

The rod has a few of the hallmarks of Sam's shop

The rod features a handsome slightly swelled butt with a ring hook keeper

along with ferrule plug and Bradford logo pin

Diameter - 2 1/2"

Sweetgrass Mantra Quad Bamboo Fly Rod 7’9” 3/1 #5 Vintage Fly Tackle. 6'6" Detroit MakerA Sweetgrass Mantra model quad bamboo fly rod, 7'9", 3 piece, 1 tip, and built for a #4 5 line. Serial #14 017. Made as a one tip rod. Lightly used condition. Medium semi parabolic action. The cane is tempered to a light wheatstraw color and the node pattern is two opposed. The varnished butt shows some glue seams but they are not open and do not affect the working quality of the rod. The wraps are copper brown with black edges at the ferrules and tip