Hardy Perfect 3 5/8" Reel with a Spare Spool

Hardy Perfect 3 5/8" Reel with a Spare SpoolA nice Hardy Perfect fly reel with a spare spool, 3 5 8" diameter with unblemished agate line guide. Excellent very lightly used condition, with a tiny bit of rubbing near the handle and some mounting marks on the foot, but very clean overall (as is the spare spool). Later enameled finish model. Alloy foot with an ebonite handle. Designed to hold #7 8 9 lines. Both the reel and spare spool have lines loaded on them, and pack into a Homa leather block

the only drawback being some very light initial scratched into the spool near the three screw latch (you can't see it unless you look at it in a certain light - as mentioned

Serial #2947

great ferrule fit

there is a repaired crack just above the to snake guide on the butt and the guides have been re-coated with some overlap and smearing

It comes packed in a custom made leather case the top of which features "Perfection

If this TORAFU is transplanted to another land

Original brass c-clamp fastener

There is one minor varnish imperfection

and the ferrules are 10/64 and fit together well

The full wells grip measures 6 1/8" in length with moderate soiling as well as some slight ridging

Don't miss out on this vintage Hardy fly box perfect for display or on-stream use

The reel packs into the original Hardy vinyl case and one of the two spare spools packs into the original Hardy box