An Angler's Paradise by FD Barker (Flyfisher's Classic Library) 7'3" The Hardy locking seat has

The Hardy locking seat has a varnished walnut spacer in up-locking configuration

stop on a dime

with both Tom Maxwell and Tom Dorsey's handcraft evident (I may have also been there when this rod was made)

This a lightly used rod

An Angler's Paradise by FD Barker (Flyfisher's Classic Library) 7'3" The Hardy locking seat hasA nice copy of Barker's work An Angler's Paradise: Recollections of Twenty Years with Rod & Line in Ireland, which chronicles the author's fishing in western Ireland beginning in the 1890's. Limited Edition from the Flyfisher's Classic Library, bound in green leather with a gilt title and FFCL insignia. Excellent condition copy and comes in a hard slipcase. Nice addition to your angling library.