Hardy Silex Multiplier 2 3/4" - early and very rare! HL Leonard An excellent Homer Jennings fly

An excellent Homer Jennings fly rod

This "Four" is a classic example of the kind of high-quality rods that came out of Sam's workshop for many many years

Young Midge bamboo fly rod from 1959 in excellent plus original condition

and #7-weight graphite and fiberglass rods where you need good backing capacity in a relatively light reel of classic design

For sale here is a very scarce Walter Brunner three-piece bamboo rod

Hardy Silex Multiplier 2 3/4" - early and very rare! HL Leonard An excellent Homer Jennings flyFor sale here is a scarce example of the 2 3 4" diameter Hardy Silex Multiplier, catalogued between 1924 and 1937. Designed, said Hardys, as being "suitable for fine fishing in low water". Between John Drewett's Hardy book and other sources, there are believed to have been between approximately 400 550 of these reels ever made and of this amount, 51 were first model reels with the external oil pipe. This one is in excellent plus, smooth free turning