Leaping Salmon Bronze Sculpture by Mark Bennett

Leaping Salmon Bronze Sculpture by Mark BennettWe are thrilled to offer this superb bronze sculpture by avid salmon angler and artist Mark Bennett. The piece depicts that exact moment that salmon anglers know well, when Salmo Salar The Leaper fulfills its name by going airborne after feeling the fly. Mark has created some of our favorite salmon wood carvings over the years and this is his first foray into bronze sculpture. If there is a more appropriate piece for a salmon camp or for your home or

A great example of perhaps the most popular seven foot bamboo rod ever made

The rod feels a bit faster than most Leonards of the period

This is serial number USA 413 made by I

Left hand retrieve but can be changed to right hand for a small fee

No wobble and no end play - this is a super tight reel

It has a purring click with a powerful adjustable drag

The glass-like Urushi lacquer finish takes three months to complete and results in a thin coat that is flexible and waterproof while at the same time being heat resistant and very durable

clear silks tipped red

Serial #4653 which indicates a 1979 date of manufacture

For sale here is a green floss body bucktail streamer in excellent condition

The drag tension is adjusted via a 10-position lever mounted on the back plate

although one of the replacement tips shows 2x2x2