HL Leonard Model 66H Bamboo Rod 8' 2/2 #5/6

HL Leonard Model 66H Bamboo Rod 8' 2/2 #5/6For sale here is an H. L. Leonard Model 66H bamboo rod 8' 2 2 5 6wt. Serial no. 731. Made in the early 1970s during the Simroe era. The rod is in excellent+ original condition. All sections are full length and straight. Straw colored cane finish with transparent burgundy wraps. Deeply blued guides. Bronzed ring hook keeper. Cigar grip 6" in length with moderate soiling. Aluminum down locking reel seat over a butternut spacer with a nickel silver butt

Whether it's used as a reference or simple as a key component of an angling book collection

(cane weight) The action is a swift and responsive medium-fast dry-fly capable of very accurate casts in tight quarters

Straw colored cane with dark red wraps

and the rod comes with ferrule plugs

There is also a bit of residue from the original price tag

we cast it and it is most certainly a 5-6wt

The tip was made 1 1/8" shorter than the butt and mid

each size includes the legendary sealed

and the sports who fished out of them

"Thomas & Thomas - Makers" is stamped into the locking ring

with all of the hallmarks

This reel is the entire package: scarce size