For sale here we have a Van Staal C-Vex 9/10S fly reel
Machined out of aluminum bar stock
Attractive spiral cut drag adjuster knob mounted on the tail plate
The rod information is written in white on the butt section
Julius vom Hofe making these Leonard reels in the early 1900s
Leonard Catskill Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #3/4 7'9" For sale here we haveA nice HL Leonard Catskill fly rod, an 8', 3 piece, 2 tip model. A very slow action, I would consider this for a #3 or #4 line. The lifetime of the wraps has been extended with a very thin varnish coat to the wraps (this causes a dark band where the varnish penetrates the original orange shellac color preserver). The rod has typical Catskill signature wraps (in a 3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1 pattern) and a reverse twist snake guide for a stripper. The ferrule