Leonard Mills Model 50 Fly Reel

Leonard Mills Model 50 Fly ReelAn excellent Leonard Mills model 50 fly reel, 3" in diameter. This circa 1935 fixed check reel was made for Mills by Julius vom Hofe. It has the hard rubber side plates with an aluminum raised pillar frame, and nickel silver cross pillars, screws, half handle, and foot. The foot on this unmarked reel has not been shortened, but one end is slightly bent. There are no cracks or chips in the hard rubber, nor repairs or missing parts. It is an honest

The tips are numbered at the ferrules along with the serial no

Agate line guide with three hairline cracks

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Joe Johnson's initials appear on the inside of the reel

Capacity: WF4 + 60yds backing

5/64 tip tops

Hard rubber sideplates are excellent as is the serpentine handle

A very rare Payne indeed

The reel in mint condition with the exception of two very small marks on the foot

dare I say

Sometime in the 1950's