Hardy Salmon Brass Faced Perfect Salmon Reel 3 3/4" 1904 Check

Hardy Salmon Brass Faced Perfect Salmon Reel 3 3/4" 1904 CheckA very nice Hardy Brass Faced Perfect Fly Reel, 3 3 4" diameter with the 1904 check. Excellent condition throughout, the only thing of note being that at some point two screws were put into the underside of the brass foot alongside the existing rivets for additional support (though they are nicely sunk and the foot is tight so it was a professional job) and the pillar closest to the reel foot has some minor line burn. Otherwise this reel is in

The reel is in mint condition and comes with its original zippered reel case and box

aluminum and cork ferrule plug

which you can spot in many photos of Leonard rods

Drain was a well-known and very accomplished fisherman

These four reels represent other early and smaller versions of the Peerless reel

Leonard-branded "Diamondback" graphite fly rod -- 8' 2-piece rod for a 5 weight line

Excellent working condition with very minor cosmetic signs of use

Masatoshi Okui (Kineya Tackle)

Powell 8'6" 2/2 5-6wt semi-hollow bamboo rod

For sale here is a Peerless 77 raised pillar fly reel in unused condition

Best with a DT5 line in my opinion

All other hardware is original