Leonard "Tournament Champion" Fly Rod 9' 3/2 #9/10 8'6' Up-locking cap and ring-style reel

Up-locking cap and ring-style reel seat over a mortised burl wood spacer with a rosewood butt cap

Set up for RHW but can be easily reversed to LHW

The original owner's initials are punched into the reel foot pillar

and is in excellent restored condition

or you can choose to use the power transmitted through the mid and butt sections for longer casts

Leonard "Tournament Champion" Fly Rod 9' 3/2 #9/10 8'6' Up-locking cap and ring-style reelA fascinating HL Leonard bamboo fly rod designated as a "Tournament, Champion" model. 9', 3 piece, 2 tips, and built for what feels to me like a #9 or #10. 5 7 8 ounces. This is a most unusual Leonard. The hang tag is inked at the top "WM6", "Tournament Champion", a line that is no longer legible, "9 feet, 5 7 8 oz, No 51 H. L. H." and on the reverse '7915' ". The rod is in excellent original condition and with no patent date on the female ferrules.