Maxwell Leonard 50DF Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #6

Maxwell Leonard 50DF Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #6An immaculate Leonard 50 DF from the Maxwell period, serial #178, an 8' 3 2 for a #6 line, with all of the hallmarks. Extra fine, near mint condition with the only sign of use being a small mark on the reel seat where a reel has been fitted lightly at some point. Honey colored guide wraps and burgundy ferrule wraps. Slide band reel seat over a tiger maple spacer. Oxodized ferrules and hardware with that great pewter color, 100% intact. The rod is in

The rod comes with green cloth bag and a leather Arnie Mason tube with a brass inner tube

This copy by Paul Schmookler is a splendid one indeed

50" less varnish) with a #3 tip-top on the full-length tip

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The rod has a frost anodized downlocking screwlock seat over a walnut spacer

not slow or soupy in any way

A slide ring is mounted and target inscribed on the bottom

The bright spar varnish is in excellent condition and the rod has handsome

with a red leather spine

is perfectly straight

with two tiny rim marks being the only sign of use that I could find

The bottom of the seat can be pulled out and a fighting butt seated