Jerry, that's one of the famous Parker-Hawes rods, made by Merritt Hawes and sold by Parker Bros. This one is a 9' 6 wt. If you look at the Tips thread, there are the two agate tips shown. We did a large article in Parker Pages a few issues ago. There is also a TPS section about them.
New, they cost as much as a lower grade Parker gun.
Cora Leonard was the wife of Hiram Hawes and mother of Merritt.
I own a Sweetgrass 8 for 6, a Jenkins 7/9 for 5, a Howells 7 1/2 for 4 and this P-H, which is the equal of any of the others, made about 1933.
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