Leonard Salmon Fly Rod 11' 3/2 #9-10 2-Piece Aluminum tube and brass top

Aluminum tube and brass top of the earlier style

and a naval bronze center axis

The Idyl of the Split Bamboo

Typical of the period it was a very slow wet fly action

This rod is a postfire Leonard

Leonard Salmon Fly Rod 11' 3/2 #9-10 2-Piece Aluminum tube and brass top11' Leonard 3 piece, 2 tip #9 or #10 full flexing action red wraps with pale green edges at ferrules and keeper wrap. 15 cork cigar shaped front grip, all cork seat with nickel silver slide ring and fixed pocked cap. 10 cork bottom grip. Red rubber button. Ferrules fit well and all sections are straight, however, the midsection has been re wrapped in the modern era with the wraps done over the varnish (not under). There is a slight color difference as