Leonard Bimetal Trout Fly Reel - Smallest Size and Flawless! 2 Weight HL Leonard Rod Co

HL Leonard Rod Co

3 1/8" wide

The reel seat is a mortised

The check system is like that of Hardy's 1912 check with handsome strap-over tensioner adjustment

Two-screw latch plate with a reversible single screw nickel silver line guide

Leonard Bimetal Trout Fly Reel - Smallest Size and Flawless! 2 Weight HL Leonard Rod CoFor sale here is a very scarce smallest size first model H. L. Leonard Bimetal fly reel made by Philbrook & Paine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Clearly marked "H. L. Leonard Pat. June 12, 1877". Constructed with a bronze frame, german silver sideplates, foot, handle arm, and spool. The pillar to pillar diameter is 2 1 4" (without pillars it is 1 15 16"). The spool width is 3 4". Ivory handle grasp which makes the reel even more scarce!