Hardy Palakona Phantom Bamboo Rod 4'4"

Hardy Palakona Phantom Bamboo Rod 4'4"For sale here is a Hardy Palakona Phantom bamboo rod. Four feet four inches, two sections with one tip. The rod is completely original and in unused condition. Both sections are full length and arrow straight. Original bag and tube with the majority of the label intact. Black silks with red tips. Aluminum cap and ring over all cork reel seat. The ferrule size is 11 64 and there's a "3" stamped into both male and female ferrule. Serial number FW248222

Incised rings

An incredibly rare one-piece Thomas and Thomas Sans Pareil

Wild Water

1896 flat caliper spring click/pawl check

The contents rival any catalog I've ever seen

The bamboo is flamed to a light chestnut color and has a two opposed node pattern

I remember making this rod and being very happy with the way it turned out

" Although previous comentators have assumed that all the patterns in this work represent wet-flies

Bright aluminum down-locking reel seat over a beautifully figured walnut spacer

Rod weighs 1

Cigar-style grip with a slender nose and a rather straight taper -- 5 7/8" in length

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