Hardy Brass Face Perfect 4 3/4" Fly Reel HL Leonard Handsome aluminum winding check

Handsome aluminum winding check

Serial #021

There is also an Orvis yellow and black striped tube sock of the same vintage as the rod

one slightly larger size than the other

This copy in near-fine condition with the bottom of the spine bumped slightly

Hardy Brass Face Perfect 4 3/4" Fly Reel HL Leonard Handsome aluminum winding checkHuge 5 pillar wide drum Hardy Brass Face Perfect in the rarely seen 4 3 4" size. Superb colour to the brass (bronze, with a range of colours) face, with open oval, rod in hand and Hardy's Pat logos. 1896 check with old repair to the outgoing arm, the broken limb of which remains. Strapped tension adjuster with turks head nut. 3 3 4" long smooth brass foot, both ends of which have had some minor filing over the last 100+ years. The aluminium frame has