Quarter-bound in brown leather over light brown cloth
One of the first things I checked on this rod was the reel seat spacer -- made of tiger stripe maple -- whose amber color came from a heat-treating process and which marks it as one of the rods that I worked on myself at Leonard fairly early in my rodmaking career
as well as a 2:1 multiplier retrieve
and bottom plate are oxidized
The rod bag is khaki-colored and has no stiffener
Leonard 51-7 Fly Rod 8'6" 3/2 #7 3 Weight Quarter-bound in brown leather overA nice HL Leonard "Standard" 51 7 fly rod, 8'6", 3 piece, 2 tips, built for a #7 line. Serial #587 indicating a 1979 manufacture date right in the Maxwell era. Dry fly action. Used but generally very good condition with one exception. One tip has a sharp bend at the second guide up from the ferrule. After inspection, I found a cracked facet within the span of the snake guide. If you remove the guide, clear wrap the area, and replace the guide, you may