Hardy St. George 3" Fly Reel - Three Screw Latch

Hardy St. George 3" Fly Reel - Three Screw LatchFor sale here is a Hardy St. George 3 inch fly reel with three screw latch. All original and in excellent minus condition throughout. Smooth brass foot and duplicated MKII check. The foot appears to have been very neatly shaped on both ends. No cracks, chips, or dings. The dark brown agate line guide is uncracked. The tension regulator works as intended. Nice strong check throughout its range. The spool spindle fit is a bit loose, so there's a bit of

Professionally framed as shown in dark stained wood with distressed highlights

This is limited edition set #35 out of 200 sets made

#182 of 300 in the limited edition

and authoritative yet smooth

Thanks to the shaft’s significantly enhanced torsional stability

There are a few light marks on the blank

Bright aluminum down-locking reel seat with stamped butt cap over a cork spacer

AAA grade cork with multi composite cork in wear points

For sale here is a Hatch 2 Plus Finatic reel

but Hardy mistakenly built the outside diameter of the first run of reels to the inside diameter specs

The rod features moderately tempered cane

The rod is serial number 4886