Edward Vom Hofe Model 355 Peerless Fly Reel - rare size 3 1/2! 6'6" Two-piece design

Two-piece design

This rod features perfect spar varnished shafts wrapped in olive silk and oxidized step ferrules

Includes original bag with stiffening dowell and tube with label and fine brass fittings

The rod is in excellent used condition with minor marks in the varnish from honest fishing use

with no ridging

Edward Vom Hofe Model 355 Peerless Fly Reel - rare size 3 1/2! 6'6" Two-piece designFor sale here is a scarce and very early Edward Vom Hofe Model 355 fly reel Size 3 1 2 (2 3 8" diameter). Late 19th century reel owing to the lack of model number on the reel foot (instituted at the turn of the century), or serial number (instituted in 1908). This model was later dubbed the "Peerless" in 1911; before it was known as the "Celebrated Trout and Bass Fly Reel". The screw in the center of the counterbalance was also a very early feature on