Leonard, H.L. -- Model 51A-D Salmon Fly Reel Gary Howells chips or dings

chips or dings

Capacity:  495 yards of 30# backing with a 12-weight line

Bright aluminum down-locking reel seat over a varnished butternut spacer with a nickel silver butt cap featuring the Leonard stamp

A great example of a master tier at work

Leonard, H.L. -- Model 51A-D Salmon Fly Reel Gary Howells chips or dingsFor sale is a very scarce H. L. Leonard Model 51A D raised pillar fly reel made by Julius Vom Hofe. Unlike the Leonard Mills Patent Click Reel series, the Salmon models came with the "Improved Graduating Adjustable Drag", patented in 1928. The patent number is 1,673,382 and this patent number appears on the back plate along with the "Light" and "Heavy" drag positions. 3 1 2" diameter including pillars and 1 1 8" pillar length, or as the catalog