Hardy Zenith Fly Reel 8 Weight and 4 pheasant tails

and 4 pheasant tails

The all aluminum tube appears to be silver frost coated with the collar and cap of polished aluminum

has re-emerged as the best - once more

"Taper taken from a classic Leonard Hunt

Weiler has designated this rod as more of a 5wt

Hardy Zenith Fly Reel 8 Weight and 4 pheasant tailsFor sale here is a Hardy Zenith wide drum fly reel. LHW or RHW. Excellent+++ condition. Reversible two screw U shaped nickel silver line guide. The Zenith was part of Hardy's Lightweight Series of reels. This was one of two wide drum Lightweight models made in the mid to late 1960s, the Husky being the other. Both were 3 3 8" diameter. Spool width 1 3 16". The reel weighs 6 3 4 oz. Capacity is WF9F plus 80 yards of 18# dacron backing. The reel comes