The rod weighs 7 3/8 oz (the catalog and label weight is listed as 4 3/4 oz -- cane only I'm guessing)
The rod is original and comes with a green cloth bag with a "the House of Hardy
A great all-around medium fast trout rod
It does not come with the blue cordura case shown in the photos
Copy includes numerous black and white drawings by Pearce Bates
Leonard Catskill Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #3/4 Vintage Fly Tackle The rod weighs 7 3/8A 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