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H.L. Leonard
Hiram Lewis Leonard, (b. Sebec, Maine, June 23, 1831; d. Central Valley, New York 1907) was the founder of the H.L. Leonard Rod Company. He has been regarded as the father of the modern fly rod. He was also an adventurer, gunsmith, engineer and maker of musical instruments. His exploits as a guide and hunter were written about by Henry David Thoreau. As an innovator in bamboo fly rod construction, manufacture and performance, the rodmakers Leonard trained went on to become leaders in the field of bamboo rodmaking. The rods bearing his name are sought after for their aesthetics, performance and as collectables.
== Early life ==
Before he became pioneer of the modern bamboo fly rod, Hiram Leonard was a hunter, guide, gunsmith and self-taught engineer. He also played the flute.〔Black, George (2006). Casting a Spell: The Bamboo Fly Rod and the American Pursuit of Perfection. New York, New York: Random House.〕 Born in 1831 in Sebec, Maine, Leonard was an outdoorsman in the still undeveloped northeast of the United States. His fearless exploits, innovative approach and wiry strength earned him a reputation as "the Great Hunter" in his own time.〔Garner, Patrick C. (2009). Playing With Fire, The Life and Fly Rods of E.W. Edwards. Cincinnati, Ohio: Whitefish Press.〕
Henry David Thoreau wrote that Leonard was a "handsome man of good height, but not apparently robust, of gentlemanly address and faultless toilet". Thoreau also recounted an incident where Leonard single handedly saved the lives of two passengers who were trapped in their stagecoach which had sunk in the frozen Piscataquis River.〔Thoreau, Henry David (1904). The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods. Boston, Mass and New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company.〕
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