The end cap has a brass plaque hand engraved with a light scroll work treatment and "Spinoza Rod Co serial #12
The rod is set up in Leonard's well-known "Catskill style" with a wooden lip for a rear cork check and an english-style tournament snake guide for a stripping guide
Original early bag and tube
This grip has been shortened to nine corks as the hand is intended to curl under the overhang of the reel (what I call the southern PA style)
yellow main wraps with brown edges
Spinoza Limited Edition Fly Rod #15 9' The end cap has aSpinoza Rod Company, "Spinoza" model, serial #15 limited edition. 8' 3 2 #4. This is the limited edition rod that kicked off the "Spinoza" series of rods, limited to a set of 15. 8 feet long, built for a #4 line. Mirrored tips. Oxidized pot belly step ferrules. Rod shafts are a light chestnut brown, and are made from pre embargo cane. Agate stripper, main wraps brown with a yellow edge, with purple edge at the keeper and male ferrules. Wraps are