Dingley Fixed Spool Reel 8'6' All sections are full length

All sections are full length with a minor set in the tip

80" and spool width of 0

I've also built this rod with a several other features that I've been refining over the last 12 months

-- "Being functional does not detract from its value as sculpture"

The cork very lightly soiled

Dingley Fixed Spool Reel 8'6' All sections are full lengthFor sale here is a super rare Dingley fixed spool reel. This has to be the most historically desirable Dingley Fixed Spool (Spinning) reel out there. Made by the Dingley shop in 1945, this half bail arm reel was the personal property of Ernest Dingley, and subsequently inherited by his son, Dr. Raymond Dingley ~ the written and signed provenance is included with the reel. Because the Dingley shop was deemed to have "transgressed the patents for the