Pflueger Golden West Fly Reel - 60 yd

Pflueger Golden West Fly Reel - 60 ydFor sale here is a 60 yd Pflueger Golden West fly reel in excellent condition. The creme de la creme of the Pflueger reel lineup was and remains the Bulldog trademarked "Golden West". What makes this reel very unique is the aluminum sandwiched between two layers of hard rubber to form the rims. Similar to the Hawkeye, the Golden Wests have nickel silver parts and a hard rubber handle as well. Most of the Golden West reels had a serial number stamped

bamboo rod in a rather rare configuration - 8' 3/2 for a 4 weight line

"Carpenter" is engraved on the bottom of the butt cap

convertible by user

Rod comes with original gray bag and original Orvis tube with blue and gold foil label

minimal spindle play

The rod features moderately tempered cane with chestnut wraps and gold tipping

Lightly flamed cane with transparent honey colored wraps with oxblood tipping

Excellent restored condition (Bob Summers did the refinish)

The rod is in excellent+ condition having only been fished very sparingly

this rod is in absolutely perfect condition

The blued ferrules are size 10/64 and 16/64 with an excellent fit

This rod and two others (a Martha Marie made by Bob Summers in the 1960s and a Prosperity model) come directly from the Johnson family