In a stroke of luck I had just acquired tooling which would allow me to make the Payne style acorns which I had long admired
2-tip for what feels to me like a #6 line
Dark stain figured maple(
Walnut slide band seat has a small patch of varnish loss
Leonard Hunt 48-4 Fly Rod 7' 3/2 #4 6 Weight In a stroke of luckA nice Leonard 48 4 fly rod, 7', 3 piece, 2 tip, built for a #4 line. Hunt model. Lightly used condition with a medium to DF action. This rod is post Maxwell, as there is no writing on the shaft, no serial # or 48 4 inked anywhere. Also, the hardware is oxidized jet black rather than pewter which was consistent with the Larry Foster period following Maxwell. Everything else is correct hardware, check, ferrules, reel seat, cap and ring, and even the