English Fly Box - with vintage flies

English Fly Box - with vintage fliesFor sale here is a Wheatley style dry fly box with 16 windowed compartments and felt on the underside of the lid. The box is void of any markings with the exception of the "Made in England" stamp. Very good condition. The box features four oval shaped windows at the edge of the box, a rather unique characteristic. Dimensions are 6" x 3 5 8" x 1 1 8". There are a few minor, shallow dents in the box though it closes squarely and securely. The felt is

One of the first things I checked on this rod was the reel seat spacer -- made of tiger stripe maple -- whose amber color came from a heat-treating process and which marks it as one of the rods that I worked on myself at Leonard fairly early in my rodmaking career

The grip is a slim cigar profile of 5 1/2' (11 corks) and is tapered to a square at the keeper wrap

Highland Mills N

Fully bound in red bonded leather

Its been fished

#6 is stamped on the foot

A superb little Hardy Perfect 2 5/8" fly reel

The model number "50" is stamped on the reel foot

And second

the wound over ferrule and the bamboo front cork check

This is the Sage equivalent of the Hardy St

All original and an excellent example of the Leonard Rod Company artistry at that period