Thompson No. 500 Fly Reel - San Francisco 7'7" The action is very smooth

The action is very smooth with excellent recovery and on the medium side of medium-fast

rotary function

For sale here is a Sage XP Graphite IIIe Model 696-4

Western style grip with some soiling and very slight ridging

Medium fast and true parabolic action

Thompson No. 500 Fly Reel - San Francisco 7'7" The action is very smoothFrom the estate of author, fishing guru, and winner of the Buz Buszek award, Andre Puyans: For sale here is a Thompson No. 500 fly reel made in California in the late 1940's. Diameter of is 3 3 8". Similar in style and performance to the classic Hardy Perfect. The reel is in excellent condition with the majority of its wonderful black finish remaining. Circular line guard and full length smooth brass reel foot. The No. 500 was built to handle 6 7 8