Hardy Brass Face Perfect 4 3/4" Fly Reel 7'9" " Stamped on the reverse

" Stamped on the reverse is "Made for Abercrombie & Fitch Co

Smyth sewn

The serial number is 022

2 5/8" diameter measured pillar to pillar

nickel silver cap and ring

Hardy Brass Face Perfect 4 3/4" Fly Reel 7'9" " Stamped on the reverseHuge 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