Charlton 8550C Fly Reel with Spey Spool - RHW

Charlton 8550C Fly Reel with Spey Spool - RHWA superb Charlton 8550C fly reel with the super scarce Spey spool! Right hand retrieve. 4 1 2" diameter with a 1. 2" spool width and a weight of 12. 3 ounces. It is designed to hold the equivalent of DT11F and 230 yards of 30# backing. Serial #8550 9782. Near mint condition. The spool and frame are completely unblemished, I could find only some faint mounting marks on the foot and a tiny bit of residue on the spool to suggest that it has ever held a

reason unknown

and new snake guides

The western-style grip is soiled and lightly ridged with a small indentation towards the reel seat

and that the finish on the walnut reel seat is absolutely perfect

Packed in a leather rod tube with an aluminum insert and has a sewn-on leather plaque stamped "Tom Moran Rod Co"

For sale here is an Edward Vom Hofe Model 423 "Restigouche" Salmon fly reel in near mint overall condition

Feels like it could throw a five or six weight line

Don't miss out on this great opportunity to acquire another very hard-to-find model from the legendary Michigan rodmaker

& use of bamboo fly rods in Oregon

the design ended up being a very nice balance between the Perfection and Restigouche models

but not enough to prevent it from fitting into any reel seat I tested it on

1 11/16 spool width