The 3-piece configuration makes this rod very easily transportable
The collection consists of two separate metal Wheatley boxes
The rod came to me from Mel's widow
The serial number is lettered on the butt section and at the base of each tip
This is the Abercrombie and Fitch model with dark gold finish and pre-1963 red micarta brake shoes
Maxwell Leonard 49DF-5 Fly Rod 7'6" 3/2 #5 8'4" The 3-piece configuration makes thisAn exquisite H. L. Leonard 49 DF 5 fly rod, 7'6", 3 piece, 2 tips, and built for a #5 line. Serial #391. Weighs 3. 8oz. Mint, unfished condition. This is the "Standard" model with blonde cane with small pressed nodes in the three up construction. Honey colored main wraps with maroon edges at the keeper, ferrules, and tip tops. The serial number 391 is lettered on the mid, tips, and under the keeper wrap. A 1979 manufacture date nearing the end of the