Hardy Perfect 3 1/2" Wide Drum Fly Reel

Hardy Perfect 3 1/2" Wide Drum Fly ReelFor sale here is a nice example of this early Hardy Perfect 1920s 3 1 2" wide drum fly reel. With a 1905 check this reel dates from around 1910. The foot is full length (3. 25") and original, with a slight bend that can easily be fixed. I suspect the original caliper check spring broke and a local gunsmith fashioned the replacement, as seen in the photos. Strapped tension adjuster, original white (now yellow) handle; line burns on frame edge but no

The rod weighs 3 3/4 oz and has a very nice medium fast dry fly action

Very smooth cigar grip

Bound in blue cloth with silver titles

Uplocking reel seat hardware with aluminum and brass fittings over an absolutely stunning wood spacer

Cap and ring over cork reel seat

Reel is in excellent++ condition with a few small marks on the rims and reel foot

The reel is in mint condition

with a very nice dry-fly action on the faster side of medium-fast

Perhaps the best looking reel to come out of the long-running SA "System" series

referring to a Silex reel

This reel was made pre-1908

Includes original red bag and labeled aluminum tube