Art T Hart Large Arbor III Fly Reel

Art T Hart Large Arbor III Fly ReelA nice Ari T Hart Large Arbor III reel, set up for LHW. 4" diameter with a 1 1 4" spool width. Large arbor design with a ported spool and three large ported holes on the backplate (which also rotates as the drag adjuster). Excellent used condition with a few minor wear marks here and there and there is a tiny bit of corrosion around the base of the counterbalance. The handle is also missing the rubber gasket rings, which are simple to replace. A

Summers states in his provenance letter

by Dave Hughes – 144 pp

Comes with rare spare palming rim

The western-style grip is in excellent condition and only lightly soiled and currently covered with protective shrinkwrap

Yellow and red tipping at the winding check

serial #1392

A powerful 9' 2/2 for a #5/6 hollow-built Powell made by Tony Maslan

Medium fast action with fine delicate tips (this feels like a great trico rod)

a good polishing could help with this

having worked for the Leonard Rod Co

Now for the unusual

One of the tip-tops is wrapped in black to distinguish it from the other