Carmichael / Garrison - A Master's Guide to Building a Bamboo Fly Rod Vintage Fly Tackle. 6'6" and the Tarpon has a

and the Tarpon has a 4 1/4″ diameter with a 1 1/8″ spool width

Serial number 1508

A fantastic example of a rare and desirable Seamaster model

From the Imago website:

The drag is still extremely smooth and strong

Carmichael / Garrison - A Master's Guide to Building a Bamboo Fly Rod Vintage Fly Tackle. 6'6" and the Tarpon has aFor sale here is the book "A Master's Guide to Building a Bamboo Fly Rod" by Garrison and Carmichael. Winchester Press, 1985. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First printing of the reprint edition. Full brown cloth binding. 296pp. Photos and illustrations. This book, considered by many to be the "Bible" of the rod building texts, explains in detail the step by step procedures used by the great American home builder,