Leonard Salmon Fly Rod 9'9" 3/2 #7 7'3" Hand lettered "Hardy Bros Ltd

Hand lettered "Hardy Bros Ltd

Walnut slide band seat has a small patch of varnish loss

This handsome raised pillar Leonard Grilse reel is in very good condition and a superb descendant of the style popularized by the famous Philbrook model years earlier

Apricot color wraps with dark maroon edges at the keeper and ferrules

Patent dates and "Made by Wright & McGill Rod Co

Leonard Salmon Fly Rod 9'9" 3/2 #7 7'3" Hand lettered "Hardy Bros LtdA handsome 9'9" Leonard salmon rod "the Tournament" 3pc, 2T #7 line 8oz. Medium action, red wraps, pre fire. Very good condition except for one snake at the top of the butt needs a re wrap. Orange band at ferrules and keeper. Brush coat varnish but a remarkably good job for that. Only a few bubbles and embedded brush hairs. Ferrules have the potbelly waist but no patent date. This rod could not have been fished much a few of the spots where varnish