Sam Carlson Thomas Four Bamboo Rod 7'6" 2/2 #4/5 7 Weight Aluminum up locking reel seat

Aluminum up locking reel seat over a fine burl wood spacer

its place taken by a short keeper wrap

has a couple bumps to the rim that do not affect function at all

Two-screw latch plate with a reversible one-screw nickel silver line guard

There are 77 pages devoted to fishing and some of the makers include rods by Hawes and Divine

Sam Carlson Thomas Four Bamboo Rod 7'6" 2/2 #4/5 7 Weight Aluminum up locking reel seatFor sale here is a Sam Carlson "Thomas Four" bamboo rod. Considered the holy grail by many cane rod enthusiasts, this rod feels best with a DT4 in my opinion. Medium fast action. Cork slide band reel seat. Burgundy silks tipped black. The rod weighs 4. 05 oz. and the ferrules are 12 64. Sam only made approximately 300 rods in his lifetime, very few of which bear the inscription "Thomas Four". This is a very rare and early Sam Carlson four sided rod