Maxwell Leonard 50M-5 Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #5

Maxwell Leonard 50M-5 Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #5An early period Maxwell Leonard 50M 5, 3 piece 2 tip. Serial #193. Standard blonde cane. The usual super varnish job. Honey colored wraps, brown at the ferrules. Overall condition of this rod is near mint ++. The only thing I could find on this was a little discoloration of the grip and a tiny amount of edge wear to the ring and the corner of the butt cap. 6 inch, 12 cork slim cigar grip. The grip has some compression dents from the guides pressing on

An excellent Hardy Angler's Guide from 1937

An Aroner 7'6" Hunt Pattern fly rod

The tube is stamped "Spinoza Rod Co" and "Serial #15"

Medium cigar grip is faced to a handsome quad shape

Rear cork check and Bob's excellent handmade cap and ring

The ferrule plug matches the black anodized rod tube top to the same shape and has the Tom Morgan Rodsmiths logo pressed into the tube top

Keeper ring also on wrap flat

This reel is left-hand-wind

Wraps are an almost transparent tan with light brown edges

Very lightly fished

Agate stripper and tip tops

The half-wells grip shows no sign of having been handled