4 Brothers / Pflueger Delite 40 yd. Fly Reel

4 Brothers / Pflueger Delite 40 yd. Fly ReelFor sale here is 4 Brothers Delite 40 yd. fly reel. Excelllent overall condition. Inspired by Julius Vom Hofe styled reels, the 4 Brothers Delite reel has hard rubber side plates, an ivoroid balanced handle, and nickel plated brass rims and other parts. It's really difficult to find one with the majority of the nickel plating still in place. As you can see from the photos, this one does. The clicker is still very strong as well and the on off button

This screwlock was made in my shop and engineered not to jam nor have the slide pitch up on the reel foot (if you only knew how much time went into making these screw locks - they have to be the world's most expensive

1 1/8" spool width

Quarterbound leather with blue buckram boards

The dispensing holes have a rubber gasket to provide a bit of resistance to prevent the spool from unraveling

The cap is stamped "W

I remember making this rod and being very happy with the way it turned out

This is an impregnated model with a medium action

The spool on the reel has a DT #6 intermediate line mounted

When mounted and taped this rod has a pleasantly crisp action (I could imagine Jonas

Shows modest fishing use

This is a rare opportunity to acquire one of these rods on the secondary market

"Saracione" and "009" stamped into the reel foot