Hardy Perfect 3 1/8" Fly Reel - Wartime Black Finish

Hardy Perfect 3 1/8" Fly Reel - Wartime Black FinishFor sale here is a wartime era Hardy Perfect 3 1 8" trout fly reel with German silver line guide, full length ribbed brass foot, ebonite handle, and rim tension regulator. Comes housed in an original Hardy box! Dual spring pawl Duplicated MKII check. A very nice reel mechanically and cosmetically. The reel weighs 6 1 8 oz. Jimmy Smith's initials appear on the winding plate. The reel foot measures 2 7 16". A collectible Perfect someone will be

Blued nickel silver slide-band and stamped pocket cap reel seat with nicely burled spacer and extended cork check

For sale here is an Accufly Custom 7'6" 5/6 weight bamboo fly rod

Transparent honey colored wraps with burgundy tipping

The downlocking screw lock reel seat spacer appears to be fossilized horn

Made in 1988-89

Very collectable

with an amazing recovery speed making this series of rods easy to cast without sacrificing the true feel of fiberglass

but this one is the only known "author's copy" to exist

Spool Diameter: 4

gold silk wraps and decorative spiral wraps in front of the grip and at the female ferrule

The Swiss-style ferrules are size 12/64 and include an ivory ferrule plug

This reel also crosses over for 12 to 12 ½ ft