Hardy Sovereign Reel #3/4/5 4 Weight Agate stripper with high-speed steel

Agate stripper with high-speed steel snake guides

I have added a heavy brass base (with the Spinoza Rod Company cartouche imprinted) so the needle will sit upright on your tying table

I've been quietly experimenting with a deeper flexing action

There are five bands of color at the keeper wrap which climbs up onto the front edge of the grip

the temper color of the tips does not match the butt

Hardy Sovereign Reel #3/4/5 4 Weight Agate stripper with high-speed steelAn excellent little Hardy Sovereign reel, built for a 3 4 5 line. Serial number 247. Beautifully gold anodized, R. H. W., with a riveted (and not screwed) foot. Very strong disc drag. Unused, with padded pouch and printed material. Gorgeous little model.