Leonard Production Output and Price
It is probable that the total output of strictly first-class custom fly rods since Hiram L. Leonard made the first one is today not greatly in excess of 100,000 and that the current output is nearer 2,500 rods a year than 5,000. As to price, Leonard’s first rods sold for $35 in a time when workmen supported their families on $1 a day.
Taken from "The Father of the Fly Rod" by Sparse Grey Hackle (published in Sports Illustrated, June 4, 1956)
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