HL Leonard Model 40 Bamboo Rod 8' 2/2 #5 6'4" Hodge & Sons (Siskiyou Design)

Hodge & Sons (Siskiyou Design) was commissioned to make the Winston Vintage Limited Edition fly reels

This reel has a very heavy multi-disk carbon fiber disc drag and is adjusted via a range knob combined with a lever

Ribbed brass foot

Young "Texas General" bamboo rod

Corsetti is no longer producing Peerless reels

HL Leonard Model 40 Bamboo Rod 8' 2/2 #5 6'4" Hodge & Sons (Siskiyou Design)For sale here is an H. L. Leonard Model 40 8' 2 2 5wt bamboo rod. Serial #2171, made in the early 1970's. The rod is in excellent+ condition, all sections are full length and straight. Dark straw colored cane with bright red wraps. Emerald green and red tipping at the winding check and male ferrules. Deeply blued guides. Bronzed ring hook keeper. Handsome swelled butt. Garrison style grip 6" in length with moderate soiling. Aluminum down locking reel