William H. Dingley's personal leather cast wallet

William H. Dingley's personal leather cast walletFor sale here is a one of a kind item William H. Dingley's personal leather cast wallet. Mr. Dingley was a master reelmaker back in the early to mid 1900's. For those of you unfamiliar with his legacy, I suggest you review this section of my website and better yet, this book chronicles, for the first time, the life and work of the Dingley family. The wallet measures 6" x 3 1 2". This item comes with provenance details directly from Raymond Dingley,

For sale here is a Hardy Salmon Bougle 4" MKIV reel

The hard rubber is in fine condition with no chips or cracks

The drag is strong and smooth

German silver safety bands and pair of roller bars

For sale here is a gorgeous rod made by Hal Bacon - Leonard 48M-3 taper

The rims have had a new layer of anodization applied to them

It highly resembles Leon's work in both design and quality

Slight soiling on the grip

Truncated swiss ferrules with a collar and recessed knurl on the male

Bright aluminum down-locking reel seat over a mortised cork spacer with a blued nickel silver butt cap

fixed drag reel that was phased out in 1921

Blonde cane in 3 up node configuration with a handsome swelled butt