Hardy St. Aidan Fly Reel with Spare Spool

Hardy St. Aidan Fly Reel with Spare SpoolFor sale here is a Hardy St. Aidan fly reel and spare spool. 3 3 4" diameter, 7 8" spool width, for #7 9 lines and backing. Two screw latch. Reversible nickel silver line guard. The reel can be setup for RHW or LHW with the flip of a pawl. Smooth alloy foot. Excellent used condition with minor exterior wear marks. Original Hardy reel case included.

One of the springs inside was slightly raised above its normal position on the pawl and the result is some rub marks where the spring edge was impacting the surface of the inner spool

smooth brass foot is mounted with rivets

yet elegant aesthetics complete the package

Copy in great condition and a worthy addition to your collection

Lee Wulff was involved with Orvis at that time and upon leaving Orvis and joining forces with Norm Thompson

These don't surface on the resale market very often

The wraps are brown with purple edges and the rod has an agate stripper

Bob Summers was able to save the original hardware and some of the original script as well as many of the original wraps

These rods are perfect for fishing situations that involve technical casts at short distances

Filled with mostly steelhead patterns

The rings and sideplates show some extremely slight use marks

The grip is 11 corks and measures 5 1/2" long