RL Winston Vintage Reel 3/4

RL Winston Vintage Reel 3/4A nice Winston vintage 3 4 model reel, 3 1 8" diameter with a spare spool. RHW. Marked 3 4 on the side of the foot. Good used condition with some minor bits of rim rash, small mounting marks on the foot, and some tarnish to the counterbalance. The spare spool shows some very minor wear. Black anodized sideplates (the crank side is ported, the face side not). Silver serpentine handle and silver perforated foot. Gold rims, drag adjuster, and oil port

It has some crazing to the wraps at the ferrules and a bit of chipping to the ferrule coating but I see no problems with the bamboo at all

A nice option here for the Hardy aficionado

The Wilderness River is meant to be used in combination with fly lines in line weights #5

Earliest of the screwback CFO models

For sale here is a Hardy Featherweight fly reel with Hardy neoprene case

Stamped D5

most likely by Orvis as they are done very well

The drag is very sturdy

I could find little sign that this rod has been fished

Rod has a wells grip with cork spacer and Thomas' lightweight version of their reel seat hardware

of which this is #218

Original cork grip is in fine shape