Thomas and Thomas Sans Pareil Fly Rod 7'6" 2/2 #5 9' For the first time here

For the first time here their work is chronicled in a fifty-page article with eighty photographs

Half wells grip tapering to an all cork seat with polished aluminum ring and pocket cap

This DF50 boasts Leonard's famed red wraps

The cork grip has been cleaned and shows some ridging

though it is probably the reason why the drag is set up on the "light" side

Thomas and Thomas Sans Pareil Fly Rod 7'6" 2/2 #5 9' For the first time hereAn excellent Thomas & Thomas Sans Pareil, mint and unfished! Serial number 3885, this rod boasts lightly flamed cane that has been superbly varnished and which is straight as a pin. Three up node pattern done in a very light tan (almost transparent) wraps with darker tan at the edges. Wraps at the ferrules are black. Oxidized swiss ferrules with a collar on the male. Grip as a slight fishtail design. The reel seat has a walnut spacer with uplocking