Leonard Parabolic Fly Rod 7'11" 2/2 3.75 oz

Leonard Parabolic Fly Rod 7'11" 2/2 3.75 ozAn unusually rare Leonard "Parabolic", a 7'11" rod, 2 2 for a #3 or #4 line. The rod weighs 3 3 4 oz and is marked #73 according to the bag tag. It has a square thread downlocking seat with pocket nickel silver cap over a butternut spacer. "The Leonard Rod, H. L. Rod Co. Makers, reg U. S. pat off" is stamped on the cap. This Leonard boasts bright ferrules, with chrome guides and tip tops. The grip is a slim cigar, which shows minor ridging from a

or next to your tying desk

The dry tip has a band of red at the ferrule and on the tip top

Brass top aluminum tube and bag

A great old Hardy Angler's Guide from the interwar period

make this the Cadillac of rod tubes

A 7' Darryl Whitehead 2 piece

Medium slow action

Nickel silver uplocking screw lock is polished bright and has the T&T logo die stamp on the slide

The reel seat is an all cork barrel with a lightweight nickel silver pocket cap with a narrow ring set off from the grip by a knurled nickel silver cork check

Signed by Stan and Graydon both

with original leather box marked "Saracione Deluxe" and "Made in U

8'6" 3/2 for a #7 line