Leonard Catskill Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #3/4 7'9" Julius vom Hofe making these

Julius vom Hofe making these Leonard reels in the early 1900s

For sale here we have a Van Staal C-Vex 9/10S fly reel

The rod is described as a 6wt on the rod but a line size down usually works best these Orvis rods

Machined out of aluminum bar stock

not sitting on a website looking pretty

Leonard Catskill Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #3/4 7'9" Julius vom Hofe making theseA nice HL Leonard Catskill fly rod, an 8', 3 piece, 2 tip model. A very slow action, I would consider this for a #3 or #4 line. The lifetime of the wraps has been extended with a very thin varnish coat to the wraps (this causes a dark band where the varnish penetrates the original orange shellac color preserver). The rod has typical Catskill signature wraps (in a 3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1 pattern) and a reverse twist snake guide for a stripper. The ferrule