Tibor Backcountry CL Wide Fly Reel

Tibor Backcountry CL Wide Fly ReelA nice Tibor Light Backcountry CL wide fly reel, 3 5 8" diameter and set up for LHW. This reel is in good used condition with some rim rash here and there. Black anodized throughout with a large arbor design. Loaded with an SA line and backing. This reel is designed to hold lines from #6 up to a #9 with a catalog weight of 6. 5 ounces. The reel packs into the original neoprene pouch and box with full paperwork.

This model is also one of my "specials"

The seat is a downlocking aluminum screwlock with an aluminum pocket cap over a walnut spacer

first what appears to be a crack in a node just above the ferrule

Original agate line guide has two cracks

we developed an attractive

while the other two spools come in a black neoprene hatch pouch and neoprene TFO pouch respectively

Typical Payne node spacing and the lovely temper to the cane

black oxidized guides

The perforated reel foot is full length and unmolested

Five point adjustable drag with a nice little drag lever on the back plate

they have developed some sort of tarnish on both counterbalances

There are a few light scratches in the butt cap