Maxwell Leonard 39-5 Fly Rod 7'6" 2/2 #5

Maxwell Leonard 39-5 Fly Rod 7'6" 2/2 #5An absolutely superb HL Leonard 39M 5 fly rod, 7'6", 2 piece, 2 tips for a #5 line. Serial #426 which gives this a 1979 manufacture date. As mint as mint is possible. The original paper and gummed strips are still on the grip with Bob Taylor's initials inked on them, and the whole grip is also covered with heat shrink plastic. Blond cane, 3 up node pattern construction, tan wraps with brown at the ferrules, dark red at the keeper, ferrules, and tip

Capacity is a WF5 & 50 yards of 20# backing

Not a big issue unless you intend to shove it in the mud

Nine feet for a four weight line

A spectacular long and light line glass rod

Payne Rod Company from 1951

Serial #300

Summers back in the 1980's and did not make them for any other rodmaker

The rod is nodeless

1 3/16" spool width /  2" frame width

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All three logos on the winding plate

Pearl-colored wraps with burgundy at the signature