The serial number is 2LB208817
The rod weighs 7 3/8 oz (the catalog and label weight is listed as 4 3/4 oz -- cane only I'm guessing)
The rod is original and comes with a green cloth bag with a "the House of Hardy
oxidized nickel silver ring and black die-stamped pocketed butt cap
Copy includes numerous black and white drawings by Pearce Bates
Leonard Catskill Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #3/4 Vintage Fly Tackle The serial number is 2LB208817A 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