Hoagy Carmichael Two Handed Bamboo Rod 14' 3/2 #11

Hoagy Carmichael Two Handed Bamboo Rod 14' 3/2 #11A Hoagy Carmichael two handed bamboo fly rod, 14', 3 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #11 line. "H. Carmichael", and "1984 14'" are inked on the shaft just above the keeper wrap. The rod weighs 23 ounces on my scale. Hoagy made this rod in 1984 from blanks acquired from Harold Sharpe a few years earlier, and then finished the rod out. He relayed to me that he fished this on the Grand Cascapedia and in Scotland and Ireland, so there is some very nice

The cane is oven tempered with small pressed nodes done in a three up pattern

the reel foot is solid titanium

5 inch Salmon Reels

The Special designation has been stamped on the butt

Marked "Paul H Young Co Det" 3 flats left from the wrap flat

Made in Brooklyn in 1947

The owner's name is inscribed on the rod shaft

The loaded spool has a small chunk missing from the rosewood handle

A very pleasant caster

For sale here is an impregnated Orvis "Superfine" 6 1/2' 5wt bamboo rod with a marked weight of 2 1/4 oz

The reel features a quick change spool

The grip is 5 3/4" long and shaped to a medium cigar with a walnut wear lip and intro to the mortised cork seat