Three of a kind.....show yours
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#321I love seeing them Lee. Thank you...
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#322+4, Lee! Thanks for satisfying some of our need -- piqued by Lon's earlier post -- to see more Leonards!
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#323Very nice, Lee. Leonard's range was astonishing, both historically and stylistically. And good for you for fishing them.
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#325Lee, wow, really nice. Time for the Leonard renaissance!LeeB wrote: ↑12/11/21 16:39Inspired by Lon's recent post of early Leonards, and several comments mentioning that for some reason Leonards seem to be under represented on this board: Here are three Leonard DF rods, all marked Tournament, and each paired with a Hardy reel from the same era as the rod. Top to bottom:
- A 50 1/2 DF from the 1950s with a post-war 3 1/8" Perfect.
- A post-war 50DF Hunt with a Hardy LRH with 2-screw line guide.
- A pre-war 49DF with a pre-war 3" St. George.
These three outfits cover nearly all the trout fishing I do these days. I could probably be happy fishing just them for the rest of my life ... but I won't.
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#326Thought I’d share these, left to right:
Pre ‘50s Payne 100H 3 5/8 oz paired with a 3” leaded St. George
Late ‘30s Payne 100 3 3/8 oz paired with a 2 7/8” Hodge or a leaded 2 7/8” Perfect
Early ‘30s Payne 100 3 1/4 oz paired with a 2 3/4” Robichaud or a two screw guard Featherweight

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Pre ‘50s Payne 100H 3 5/8 oz paired with a 3” leaded St. George
Late ‘30s Payne 100 3 3/8 oz paired with a 2 7/8” Hodge or a leaded 2 7/8” Perfect
Early ‘30s Payne 100 3 1/4 oz paired with a 2 3/4” Robichaud or a two screw guard Featherweight

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#327
Three Jenkins 7' rods. left to right. GA7096, GA70L, GL70
Those Leonards and Paynes are beautiful (as is everything else listed here!) Thanks so much for sharing!
Cheers, Chris
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#328Leonard’s, Payne 100’s, and 7’ Jenkins rods. Nice collections and nice photos as well. What a great trio of posts! Thank you.
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#329What a great thread. Now to get more rods to put these on!
Two of these Winston Perfects are the same size - one is going to the river tomorrow.

Two of these Winston Perfects are the same size - one is going to the river tomorrow.

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#332I often come back to this picture. I so regret trading my Savage River by Bob. Was my absolute favorite rod and fished a lot. Very nice selection of Lancasters. Thanks again for the picture.
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#334Three different center handle attachment styles.... interesting.
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