Frog Creel - Haywood

Frog Creel - HaywoodFor sale here is a Haywood Frog Creel. This model is more rare than the "All American" model that you can find comps for elsewhere. Featuring three straps of oak tanned leather that wrap around the French weave body and extend to the lid. This creel is in excellent original condition. A similar example can be found on page 112 in the book "The Art of the Creel" by Chatham and McClain.

The Payne-style grip has been cleaned and is in excellent condition without ridging

Etched in the bottom of the butt cap is

tight copy

Ideally suited to a 3 3/8" or smaller reel ~ 4" dia

Wrapping still on the grip

All of the markings and other features indicate this is one of the original Hunt models offered from Leonard

A great trout stick

For sale here are five of Marty Keane's tackle catalogs

A few dings and scrapes here and there cosmetically but nothing objectionable for most fisherman

over a dark walnut spacer

table design with slanted elongated neck

The rod is almost all original with one exception