HL Leonard 50H Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #6

HL Leonard 50H Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #6A nice HL Leonard bamboo fly, model 50 H, 8', 3 piece, 2 tips, built for a #6 line. Serial #2983 giving it a 1975 76 manufacture date. 4. 9 ounces. Excellent refinished condition. Semi full flexing action. Wheatstraw color cane done in a 3 up node pattern construction. Brown wraps at the keeper and ferrules with the tan wraps at the guides with the brown edges. The stripper is synthetic and the snakes are chrome along with the tip tops. Excellent

Brodin nets

Some stitching has come loose

The walnut slide band seat is varnished to a mirror finish

Note: The 1889 catalog copy shown is not this exact model

you won't regret it

and built for what feels to me like a #5 weight line

The owners name is lettered on the rod tube as well as butt section of the rod

For sale here is a Paul Hermann Trout Model (also known as the Baby Hermann) fly reel in mint

Excellent varnish overall

John 3 7/8" fly reel with scarce large arbor and Duplicated MKII check

These reels were made "rings up" style whereby the spool spins in the opposite direction of the handle and there is a single roller bar in the rings-up position

Included is the original bag with Graywolf tag and the original labeled tube