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        <![CDATA[ I was not aware that Leonard made single piece fly rods, but looking through a 1957 William Mills catalog there were three models offered, a 7&#39;,8&#39; and
a model 150 1/2 eight and a half foot weighing in at 3 1/2 to 4oz.  With bag and aluminum tube you could buy any length rod for $185, the highest priced rods
offered.  By contrast a 6&#39; Baby Catskill (lightest rod made) was yours for $120.  These must have been incredible rods, if a bit hard to transport.  At
that price they should... ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Leonard Single-Piece Fly Rods ]]></title>
			<link>http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/reply/143156/t/Leonard-Single-Piece-Fly-Rods.html#reply-143156</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Leonard offered a single piece fly rod in the early 1980&#39;s. I believe it was a 6&#39; Catskill that came in a rod tube made out of bamboo.
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Thanks, Bill ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Leonard Single-Piece Fly Rods ]]></title>
			<link>http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/reply/142567/t/Leonard-Single-Piece-Fly-Rods.html#reply-142567</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The museum has limited resources.  I will be there for sure for the gathering in September, maybe for heritage days in August. ASAP, I will look the rod over
and post some photos. 
<br> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Tom Smithwick)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:35:25 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Leonard Single-Piece Fly Rods ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ They replied twice that they would send them. Never did. I made a third effort. Never heard a reply. Bon chance! ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Leonard Single-Piece Fly Rods ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ So! did you get to see the rod?
<br>
That museum has some incredible pieces. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:14:26 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi Grizzly - An unmodified Garrison 202E is a great 7 foot 4 weight. Any of the Garrison tapers are very smooth and would make great one piece rods. I also
have a very powerful 7.5 foot 6 weight taper that can be made with a 7 foot blank spliced under the grip. My favorite is an 8 foot 4 weight based on an F. E.
Thomas taper. Contact me at tsmithwick@mac.com if you want those.
<br> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Tom Smithwick)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:10:37 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Leonard Single-Piece Fly Rods ]]></title>
			<link>http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/reply/133128/t/Leonard-Single-Piece-Fly-Rods.html#reply-133128</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Hi Tom, realy enjoyed your ferrule making class at the catskills gathering, do you have any tapers for single piece rods? or any ideas as a starting point? I
am finishing a oven shortly that will fit 7 ft. blanks and will finish one by fall to do 9 ft. blanks. have only seen a 7 ft. T&amp;T rod in the past but wasnt
building then so didnt get taper but have never forgoten it!
<br>
<br>
Thanks Grizzly. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:29:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Tom, thanks.  Got it now. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Alan - To the best of my knowledge, Leonard made the one piece rods by splicing sections together. The taper sticks for the beveller were about 5 feet long. I
don&#39;t know how long their tempering oven was, but I doubt it was 9 feet. A splice done right is almost undetectable. I have an 8 footer built that way, and
even I have trouble finding it.
<br> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Thanks all.  I will be fishing the Beaverkill this June and will stop at the Museum to take a look at the rod.  Had not thought about the difficulty with
making the tubes for such rods.  Just getting the strips tapered for an 8 1/2 foot rod must have been difficult enough.  Let alone a nine footer.  Alan ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:40:34 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Catskill Fly Fishing Center has one, I believe an 8 footer. The swaged portion of the tube is joined to the 1&quot; body of the tube. No one seems to know
where they got them, and the equipment necessary to make them would have been beyond the capability of a small shop like Leonard. Even if you had the
equipment, making small quantities of such a thing would be prohibitively expensive. I have always thought that there is a commercial application somewhere
that they could tap into for a... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Leonard also used to make a 9 ft. one piece but this model was later dropped. I have never seen a Leonard 1 piece in person but have heard of 1 or 2 in
existence. Would be a nice find.
<br>
<br>
T&amp;T offered these also and early on in the 70&#39;s catalogs they listed some really long ones. In the 1976 catalog they list models of  up to 10ft. I
wonder if any this long were actually ever made? Someone should call Tom Dorsey and ask. I have seen a few of the shorter (7&#39;6&quot; or less)... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I have only seen one, and that was about 30 years ago. The tube was a work of art, it was about 1&quot; in diameter and swaged to about 1 5/8&quot; for the
grip and seat end. This kept rod from sliding forward in the tube and potentially fracturing the tip. I have a couple Howells and Talbot 1 piece 8&#39; rods
and there is nothing like them. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I was not aware that Leonard made single piece fly rods, but looking through a 1957 William Mills catalog there were three models offered, a 7&#39;,8&#39; and
a model 150 1/2 eight and a half foot weighing in at 3 1/2 to 4oz.  With bag and aluminum tube you could buy any length rod for $185, the highest priced rods
offered.  By contrast a 6&#39; Baby Catskill (lightest rod made) was yours for $120.  These must have been incredible rods, if a bit hard to transport.  At
that price they should... ]]></description>

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