Hardy Perfect 3 5/8" Reel with a Spare Spool 8'3" reversed half-wells grip

reversed half-wells grip

Offered in four sizes:

and are straight

Tom Maxwell's handwritten lettering has the weight at 2 1/2 oz but my scale has it slightly lighter at 2

The rod appears to be unfished

Hardy Perfect 3 5/8" Reel with a Spare Spool 8'3" reversed half-wells gripA nice Hardy Perfect fly reel with a spare spool, 3 5 8" diameter with unblemished agate line guide. Excellent very lightly used condition, with a tiny bit of rubbing near the handle and some mounting marks on the foot, but very clean overall (as is the spare spool). Later enameled finish model. Alloy foot with an ebonite handle. Designed to hold #7 8 9 lines. Both the reel and spare spool have lines loaded on them, and pack into a Homa leather block