Hardy St. Aidan Fly Reel with Spare Spool

Hardy St. Aidan Fly Reel with Spare SpoolA Hardy St. Aidan fly reel, 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 set up for RHW or LHW with the flip of a pawl. Fair used condition with quite a bit of cosmetic wear including a few spots where the enamel has come off and there is some corrosion. The inside of the spool also has some corrosion as well. That said, the reel is in fine mechanical condition and

Nice tight ferrule fit

Chase" and was owned by Marvin Chase

6" grip shaped to medium cigar

Mint original condition

It consists of two unused rods in a red velvet-lined vinyl-covered hardwood presentation case

6 fly reel in excellent condition

Oxidized swiss style ferrules are shop-made by Bob

Adjustable click disc drag

The pedestal is still in the original unopened packaging

The drag is adequately strong as is but adjusting the lever on the backplate does not result in a stronger drag

Oxidized dark agate stripping guide and dark titanium nitrate snake guides

The repaired tip includes a very thin invisible wrap running from guide to guide