Thomas and Thomas Individualist Fly Rod 7'6" 2/2 #5

Thomas and Thomas Individualist Fly Rod 7'6" 2/2 #5An excellent Thomas and Thomas Individualist Custom fly rod, 7'6", 2 piece, 2 tip, built for a #5 line. Serial #2220. Weighs 2. 9 oz. Medium fast action. Near mint or very lightly used condition. The rod tube has the early Fisk Ave. Greenfield sticker and the casting man hand drawn by Tom Maxwell. The rod is impregnated and wrapped tan with yellow edges at the keeper, ferrules, and tip top. There is no swell to the butt. The node pattern is generally

The spool is 15/16" wide

A superb Paul Hermann salmon reel in left hand wind (LHW)

so left or right hand retrieve is possible

The reel seat is a flawlessly varnished wood spacer with an uplocking screw lock

Ari made 100 of the Sage Aras reels and this is number 62

close tolerances

Measures 3 1/2" in diameter and 1 3/4" across with a spool width of 1

Original bag with stiffening dowel and T&T tag as well as the original tube with brass fittings and label

Typical Dickerson loop to loop style hook-keeper

Boat US Magazine and others

The rod has Super Z ferrules (the female wrapped in silk for its entire length) and slightly blued snake guides

A good and tight little 2 9/16" reel with no undue spindle play