Hardy Salmon Perfect Reel 4 1/4"

Hardy Salmon Perfect Reel 4 1/4"A nice Hardy Salmon Perfect fly reel, 4 1 4 in diameter. RHW. This reel has a ribbed brass foot that is 3 5 8 long with no file marks. It has Hardys patented revolving nickel silver line guide and the check regulator which works as it should. This circa 1955 reel is fitted with the stronger springs and larger pawls seen on Hardys larger salmon Perfects. There is no spool wobble, and there are no cracks nor line burns in the frame. With about 90% of

Includes original bag and powder-coated tube with label and brass fittings

Set up for right hand retrieve but can be converted to left for a small fee

The spare spool comes with its original box

Nickel silver cap and ring reel seat over a mortised Chechen burl spacer

Length - 9'6

Spine slightly separated at front of catalogue but solid mostly throughout

The spool holds a WF6+125yds 20#

big western rivers where one needs a rod with backbone to throw big bugs into the wind

The mid section is 2 3/4" short but all other sections are full-length

This is a single action variation of the 00 making it the lightest model with the coveted salmon brake system (we fish this exact model with many of our bamboo salmon rods)

A very nice collection of trout flies tied by one of the best

Translucent light brown silk wraps with black edges