Hardy Perfect Fly Reel 3 1/8"

Hardy Perfect Fly Reel 3 1/8"A nice Hardy Perfect fly reel, 3 1 8" diameter and set up for LHW. This is the modern reissue of this classic, and this one comes with an additional block case made by Olaf Kundrus. Made in England. Mint condition. Polished line guard. Smooth pleasing click. Designed to hold a #5 with ~ 70 meters of backing. In addition to the Kundrus case, this one also comes with the original box, black zippered reel case, and papers including the warranty card.

and lever adjustment that was first introduced in 1986

High quality click unlike the later clicks in the JVH reels

and original bag and brass-topped tube

with a diameter or 3 1/2" and a spool width of 1

A fantastic piece of history here

Made by JW Young for Farlow's

and now weighs 5 5/8 oz due to the short mid section

one of them 6 inches longer than the remaining rod sections

The mortised curly maple seat has the aforementioned amber color varnish from an extra oven temper (I did these at Leonard by baking the seats in the oven)

Glenn made very few of these rods

A nice Orvis CF 125 fly rod

Condition is used but in very good fishing condition