HL Leonard Hunt Model 50-5 Bamboo Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #5 8'6' Maroon silks with full intermediates

Maroon silks with full intermediates

This catalogue lists many very rare Hardy reel models

This latest creation has a beautiful red agate stripper

and it has the sliding drag disc with the delicate arrowhead adjuster underneath the “S” shaped handle

Smallmouth

HL Leonard Hunt Model 50-5 Bamboo Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #5 8'6' Maroon silks with full intermediatesA nice Maxwell Leonard model 50 5 bamboo fly rod, 8', 3 piece, 2 tips, and built for a #5 line. Serial #8073, dating to early 1980 during the Maxwell period. The rod weighs 4. 4 ounces. Moderate use with light grip soiling, some brassing to the inner guides and casting cracks at the ferrule wraps. Medium to fast action. The cane is flamed with small pressed nodes done in a three up configuration. The main wraps are plum with purple and red edges at