FE Thomas Browntone Special Bamboo Rod 8'6" 2/2 #5/6 2-piece Joe only made twenty of

Joe only made twenty of the 1/0 reels and then only eight of the No

All original and in excellent condition throughout

Standard Leonard temper color and three up node pattern construction

Winston or Howells collectors

FE Thomas Browntone Special Bamboo Rod 8'6" 2/2 #5/6 2-piece Joe only made twenty ofFor sale here is a 86 2 2 F. E. Thomas Browntone in excellent original condition. 5oz. for a 6 line but can also handle a 7 closer in. Serial number EF511, made in Oct 1947. Rod has a wells grip with cork spacer and Thomas' lightweight version of their reel seat hardware; shorter butt cap and narrow lighter slide band. All hardware and ferrules are blued. One tip is heavier near the tip top. This is likely attributed to fairly common production shop